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May 13, 2021

The Republican “Civil War” Is Actually Just the Trump GOP Against a Few Losers

Liz Cheney and Miles Taylor refuse to accept the obvious truth: They lost their battle for the soul of the party years ago.

by Alex Shephard

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The Incredibly Stupid, Entirely Avoidable Gas Panic of 2021

The Colonial Pipeline hack is a cry for better energy policy and regulation, not a reason to stampede gas stations.

by Nick Martin

Can Elon Musk’s Bitcoin Betrayal Expose the Grift of Cryptocurrency?

The Tesla executive’s reversal affirms that Bitcoin is an environmentally wasteful multilevel marketing scheme. But the true believers won’t hear it.

by Jacob Silverman

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The Democrats’ Majority Is Hanging By a Thread. They Don’t Seem to Care.

With its razor-thin margins in Congress and an aging caucus, why isn’t the party acting with more urgency to protect voting rights from Republican assault?

by Osita Nwanevu

How Adrienne Rich Changed Her Mind

A new biography captures a poet’s commitments, reversals, and reinventions.

by Lynn Steger Strong

Democracy’s Moment of Reckoning

If we lose the fight to protect voting rights, we'll lose everything else, too.

by Osita Nwanevu

Giving Up on Economic Growth Could Make Us Cooler and Happier

Limitless GDP growth, even in rich countries, is baked into climate modeling. It shouldn’t be.

by Kate Aronoff

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