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August 11, 2020
Are the Democrats ready for grotesque attacks about the senator’s ex-boyfriend Willie Brown?
By Osita Nwanevu
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How the GOP Became the Party of Resentment

Have historians of the conservative movement focused too much on its intellectuals?

By Patrick Iber
Is the Media About to Screw Up Coverage of Biden’s Vice Presidential Pick?

The press hasn’t taken the bait on Trump’s attacks on Biden. That doesn’t mean that it has learned the right lessons from the 2016 election.

By Alex Shephard
A Radical Movement to Take Back Our Cities
Protest encampments across the country are forcing questions about housing, public space, and who our neighborhoods are really for.

By Apoorva Tadepalli
The Pandemic Is a Perfect Time to Soak the Rich

Democratic leaders are treating billionaires delicately in the hopes that they’ll relinquish their riches on their own. Bernie Sanders has a better idea.

By J.C. Pan
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Alexander Lukashenko’s Belarusian Dictatorship Is Going Down in Flames
The former Soviet republic has exploded into unrest after its most recent sham election, and there may be no going back.

By Casey Michel
Kick Kelly Loeffler Out of the WNBA

The Georgia senator and Atlanta Dream owner is practically begging the league to expel her so she can become a supposed victim of “cancel culture.” Call her bluff.

By Nick Martin
The Pioneering Morality of Raven Leilani’s Luster

The much-celebrated debut novel is representative of a younger generation’s approach to age-old dilemmas.

By Josephine Livingstone
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