Thursday
November 5, 2020

Florida voters backed a $15 minimum wage. So did Joe Biden—and he lost the state. There are important lessons here for the party.

By Alex Pareene

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	The Trump Campaign’s Farcical Attempt to Steal an Election The president and his allies are desperately searching for their Bush v. Gore. The results are pathetic.By Alex Shephard

	The Cops Protested This Election, TooAll summer, police gave far-right demonstrators a long leash while cracking down on left-leaning protesters. Why would this week be any different?By Nick Martin

	Nothing Was Inevitable About This ElectionWe are facing a series of contradictions, expressed in big and small ways. Learn the wrong lessons, and we’re doomed.By Melissa Gira Grant

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	The Futility of the Democrats’ Record-Breaking War ChestLiberals lined the campaigns of Senate hopefuls with mountainous piles of campaign loot, only to watch it all burn up on election night.By Libby Watson

	The Majestic Alaskan Rain Forest in Trump’s Crosshairs Tongass National Forest will soon be open to logging by road, threatening the delicate balance between species in the country’s greatest carbon sink.By Amy Gulick

	A Mission to Expose Far-Right HateTalia Lavin’s book “Culture Warlords” documents her efforts to root out white supremacy—through some creative methods.By Scott W. Stern

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