He once craved responsibility and tried to give a right-wing audience real news. They didn't want it. And he adjusted with a vengeance. by Alex Shephard
The Democratsâ California Lesson: Make Covid the Issue Gavin Newsom was in trouble until his team decided to make the race about Covid-19. It worked this year in this deep-blue state. Can it work next year in purple ones? by Daniel Strauss and Grace Segers
The Lyme Vaccine That Got Away Twenty years ago, you could get a vaccine for Lyme disease. Now you canât. What happened? by The Politics of Everything
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Direct Democracy Is Breaking California The Golden Stateâs use of recall elections and ballot initiatives was a bad idea from the beginning. Itâs an immeasurably worse one now. by Timothy Noah
Thereâs No Fixing Rikers. Close It, and Let People Go. Bill de Blasio and the correctional officersâ union say the crisis at Rikers Island is about understaffing. But no number of guards will solve the underlying problems with the jail. by Esther Wang
The Cult of Compromise Why do we praise even the most futile efforts to meet opponents halfway? by Chris Lehmann
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