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Good news about Hunter Biden's trial, Rep. Dean Phillips' primary challenge and the odds of Donald Trump being sentenced to a soup kitchen
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7 Takeaways from the Trump Conspiracy Case
This is not a free speech case, a state-of-mind case or a hard-to-win case — and it will likely be tried before the election
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Trump Faces the Trial of the Century
In a campaign that pits democracy versus autocracy, the stakes couldn’t be higher
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What's Next for Affirmative Action
Ruminating with Rick Kahlenberg about the SCOTUS decision and the promise of class-based preferences
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Trump in the Dock
The good news and bad news about the Mar-a-Lago Indictment
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Why the Republicans Ate a “Turd Sandwich”
The Party of Prosaic Government beat the Party of Performative Noise
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Ruminating with Hillary Clinton
Guest Editor Charlotte Alter goes deep with her on age, happiness and Trump
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Regulate Tech — Big Time
Ruminating with Roger McNamee about the dangers of “surveillance capitalism.”
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Will 2024 Be Rigged?
The election is shaping up as both a boring rematch and a wild ride.
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