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McConnell is the second-most important political figure of our time

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This college president isn’t afraid of Donald Trump

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The Democrats’ wishy-washy fight against Trump and Musk

08.02.2025 20

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Trump’s war on the civil service

04.02.2025 9

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This is the Trump education agenda

03.02.2025 10

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Why Trump’s first moves in office have been so scary

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We should be very worried about the decline of DEI

15.01.2025 4

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What really undid the Biden presidency

08.01.2025 9

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Liberals should defend civil rights — not cower based on election results

Since Vice President Kamala Harris’s election defeat last month, a new talking point has become increasingly prominent among Democratic politicians...

11.12.2024 3

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Centrist Democrats lost the election. They should quit blaming the left.

Center-left and establishment Democrats are trying to marginalize the party’s left wing in the wake of Vice President Kamala Harris’s loss last...

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Harris’s advisers blame everything but themselves for their loss

Some of Vice President Kamala Harris’s top advisers spoke to “Pod Save America” in an interview that aired last week. Like the campaign they...

03.12.2024 30

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Don’t doomscroll about Trump. Do these five things instead.

27.11.2024 80

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Everything is increasingly blue vs. red. But not education policy

The Biden years have featured some surprising bipartisan and cross-ideological coalitions on education issues, including school vouchers and...

25.11.2024 10

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Why the Democratic Party should embrace the politics of Bernie Sanders

There’s a heated debate happening online and on television about what Democrats should do after their second loss to Donald Trump. The arguments...

15.11.2024 20

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The election was a Trump splash — but not a red wave

Donald Trump’s victory last week was far more decisive than his triumph in 2016. This time, he carried an additional state (Nevada), received...

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The second resistance to Trump must start right now

Donald Trump will probably be even more extreme, radical and cruel to his ideological and political enemies in his second term than he was in his...

07.11.2024 200

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It’s a really close election — somewhere far from your house

U.S. presidential elections today, including this year’s contest between Vice President Kamala Harris and former president Donald Trump, have two...

25.10.2024 20

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Should Trump (or Harris) be running away with this race? Maybe.

This year’s presidential election seems likely to come down to a few hundred thousand people in seven states. Should it be so close? Maybe not....

23.10.2024 10

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We need new political parties in very blue and very red states

Most states are totally dominated by one party, leading to uncompetitive elections across the country. It’s time for a big change: The Republican...

21.10.2024 4

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We listened to Trump and Harris podcasts — so you don’t have to

In the final stretch of the presidential campaign, both Kamala Harris and Donald Trump have appeared on several lifestyle and comedy podcasts in a...

18.10.2024 20

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Why Black and Latino voters should stick with the Democrats

Unusually high numbers of Black and Latino voters are considering voting Republican this fall. They are making a mistake — Democratic presidents...

15.10.2024 20

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How liberals in red states are working around conservative politicians

11.10.2024 10

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Don’t believe the Netanyahu bashing. The U.S. largely agrees with him.

10.10.2024 40

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Why you should read Ta-Nehisi Coates’s new book

03.10.2024 2

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This election is really about one big disagreement

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American democracy is in trouble — even if Harris wins

23.09.2024 3

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Harris’s caution on racial issues is frustrating but perhaps necessary

20.09.2024 3

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The presidential campaign is not real life

The U.S. presidential election system — with winner-take-all states and the electoral college — warps the political process and even the way people...

17.09.2024 40

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What a conference for the left just revealed about November

CHICAGO — What should the left’s relationship be with the Democratic Party, in the midst of the fighting in Gaza and the presidential election?...

04.09.2024 10

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Republican judges are blocking Biden’s agenda. Harris’s could be next.

Over the past few months, Republican-appointed judges have either stalled or invalidated a slew of Joe Biden’s policies, potentially erasing a big...

29.08.2024 2

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Is Harris pandering to the center too much? Or just the right amount?

Vice President Kamala Harris has gone to great lengths to portray herself as centrist. In one of her campaign commercials, she promises to hire...

28.08.2024 30

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Harris should talk to journalists more. Particularly the wonky ones.

Not talking to the media or taking questions from virtually anyone for weeks further erodes democracy. Vice President Kamala Harris delivers...

18.08.2024 1

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It’s not just vibes. Harris is polling really well.

Her better-than-expected numbers are creating optimism, but Trump can still win. Vice President Kamala Harris gestures toward the crowd during a...

13.08.2024 50

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Cori Bush’s defeat is a big, disappointing loss for progressives

08.08.2024 20

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Tim Walz is a bold, smart choice for Harris’s running mate

The Minnesota governor rightly argues that many progressive ideas are good and practical. Gov. Tim Walz speaks during a news conference in...

07.08.2024 200

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Harris’s electoral path will probably be more like Biden’s than Obama’s

It may feel like 2008 or 2012 right now, but her campaign strategy is likely to resemble 2020’s. President Biden speaks at an event in the Rose...

30.07.2024 2

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The five groups of Democrats that ended Biden’s candidacy

How the party decided. Less than two weeks after President Biden sent a letter to congressional Democrats insisting that he would stay in the...

23.07.2024 10

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Harris has not been a great politician. But hopefully she’s good enough.

Busting the myths against replacing Biden with his vice president as the Democratic nominee. Vice President Harris during a campaign event at...

22.07.2024 10

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