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Biden’s revolution is not being televised
Reporters are missing the biggest political story of their lives.
Yes, the founders favored gun control
Don’t believe the NRA’s propaganda, writes Mia Brett.
Dems run most American cities but won’t take control of their out-of-control police. Why?
Start by outlawing pepper-spray and tear gas.
What Elizabeth Bruenig gets wrong about American Rescue Plan and why that’s important to women
The old welfare state isn’t the future, writes Kathleen Geier.
The desire for martial order behind the story of Kamala Harris ‘failing’ to salute the military
The outrage has nothing to do with her conduct.
On immigration, Biden must go on offense
Start with 2013 Senate bill that passed with 67 votes, writes Issac J. Bailey.
We must concede that by tolerating shooting massacres, we are choosing not to be free
Democracy is the path toward greater freedom for all.
‘Border crisis’ as Republican advantage may be conventional wisdom proven wrong this time
Dems may have to go solo, writes María Isabel Puerta Riera.
The history you did not know behind the push to make the District of Columbia a new state
Why is DC second-class? Racism, writes Lindsay Beyerstein.
The Republican Party seems willing to absorb as many legislative losses as possible. Why?
The reason is as cunning as it is cynical, writes Claire Bond Potter