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An America without Roe
With a leaked Supreme Court draft opinion overruling Roe v Wade in hand, what does this say about America, about how we got here, and where we need to go?
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Democrats are getting what we deserve
Passing on opportunities to demonstrate our principles is a sure path to losing the opportunity to serve.
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McMorrow's moral leadership
A state senator from Michigan is showing us what strength that is neither angry nor mean can look like.
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Weekend Edition (on Monday): Populism, disinformation, and the Democrats
We're missing something (and an opportunity) at the heart of current populist rumblings on both sides of the aisle -- and it isn't disinformation.
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A new excuse for Democrats?
Misinterpreting election cycles is a pretty consistent theme in the Democratic party over the last decade, and it seems to be starting early this cycle.
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Gerrymandering is all about not trusting people
Our increasingly power-centric, incumbent-centric civic systems are confirming that our leaders no longer trust us or their own leadership -- if they ever did.
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We still need justice for January 6th
There is no "too late" here: investigate, prosecute, expel, imprison.
Winning is not a moral good
What do we do when "winning" is no longer correlated with progress?
Data-driven, data-represented
Is the disconnect between representatives and represented being driven by our increasingly data-driven campaigns?
How we heal
Hint: it's not about depolarization. Healing requires inclusion. Inclusion requires celebrating, not just tolerating difference.
The local costs of polarization
People often talked about ignoring our nationalized dysfunctional political discourse and focusing locally. Is that even possible? What is polarization costing us?
The Exhausted Majority
What do we really mean when we say polarization? Perhaps the reality of American political culture is not as bi-polar as we've gotten used to -- or been told.