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Thursday
September 14, 2023
We Are Not Just Polarized. We Are Traumatized.
The pandemic. The mass shootings. Insurrection. Trump. We've been through so much. What if our entire national character is a trauma response?
by Ana Marie Cox
Hot Enough For You?
After this summer, no one can deny our climate crisis.
by Win McCormack

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To Save Your Favorite Restaurant, Destroy Tipping Culture
The archaic practice is standing in the way of across-the-board reforms that are necessary to end the exploitation of the industry’s workforce.
by Elena Soderblom
Vivek Ramaswamy Wants to Sell You on a Massive Purge of the Federal Government
In a brief stop in Washington, the presidential hopeful reassured a room of devotees that he and his ideas were, in fact, brilliant.
by Ben Jacobs
The Child Poverty Crisis Spurs Another Push for the Child Tax Credit
Census data showed a dramatic increase in child poverty from 2021 to 2022, due in part to the expiration of the expanded credit.
by Grace Segers
Ken Paxton’s Impeachment Is a Battle for the Soul of the Texas GOP
Establishment Republicans in the state Senate are making a risky bet against the disenfranchised and conspiratorial wing of their party.
by Morgan O'Hanlon
Is Tommy Tuberville Paving the Way for Trump to Fill the Pentagon with Lackeys?
The Alabama senator’s shenanigans are bad enough in the here and now. But what happens when a President Trump can stack the Pentagon with loyalists?
by Brynn Tannehill
How State Right-to-Work Laws Screw the Working Class
For a party looking to woo back working-class voters, there’s no better issue for Democrats in 2024 than building union strength.
by Timothy Noah
From The Ticker:
Kevin McCarthy Caught in Lie of His Own Making on Biden Impeachment
The House speaker rushed through his call for a Biden impeachment, and the press called him out on it.
by Tori Otten
Comer Gives Away the Game When Asked Why He Won’t Just Subpoena Hunter Biden
House Oversight Chair James Comer has insisted for months that Hunter Biden is up to something nefarious. So why not subpoena him?
by Tori Otten
If You Like Dating Men, Good Luck, Says New Poll
A new poll shows women and gender minorities are way more liberal than cisgender men, who have some wild opinions on what they consider a “red flag.”
by Tori Otten
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