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November 6, 2020
Matt Ford
Racial Tolerance Was on the Ballot—and Won
Trump’s apparent defeat wasn’t the only election result this week that suggested voters’ growing support for a multiracial America.
September 4, 2020
Matt Ford
Your State Flag Might Not Be Racist, but It’s Offensively Ugly
Take a cue from Mississippi and retire that abomination atop your capitol building.
May 14, 2020
Magazine
Win McCormack
Mutant Liberalism
A threat to the community
November 21, 2018
Alex Shephard
Can a Republican Lose in Mississippi?
When the Republican in question is Cindy "Public Hanging" Hyde-Smith, the answer is: maybe?
October 10, 2018
Bob Moser
The Fearless Rise of the Black Southern Progressive
How grassroots get-out-the-vote operations are changing the face of Democratic politics in a deep-red bastion—and across the country.
April 6, 2017
Magazine
Peniel E. Joseph
Why Black Lives Matter Still Matters
Three years after BLM launched a nationwide uprising against police violence, what's next for the movement?
March 9, 2017
Magazine
Kevin Baker
It’s Time for a Bluexit
A declaration of independence from Trump's America.
July 30, 2014
Lane Florsheim
Here's Proof That the Anti-Abortion Movement Is Winning
Anti-abortion restrictions slowed down in 2014. That's not good news.
June 4, 2014
Brian Beutler
Chris McDaniel Is the Latest Manifestation of the GOP's White Reactionary Problem
March 12, 2014
Nora Caplan-Bricker
How "Religious Freedom" Laws Sanction Discrimination
Even where it's already legal
October 4, 2013
Michael Schaffer
The Factoid That Explains Why You Want to Live in a Blue State
September 25, 2013
Jonathan Cohn
What Obamacare Will Cost You: Now We Know
November 19, 2012
Elizabeth Kneebone
A New Look at How the Tax Code Works for Working Families
October 29, 2012
Jay Barth
In Arkansas, Dixie’s Last Democratic Legislature Faces a Red Tide
June 13, 2012
Thomas Stackpole
A Pro-Life Law Flying Under the Banner of ‘Women’s Health’
March 21, 2012
Noam Scheiber
What We Still Don’t Know About Mitt Romney
March 14, 2012
Ed Kilgore
The Two-Candidate Race Has Finally Arrived
October 26, 2011
Jonathan Cohn
Daily Deadline: Mississippi v. Birth Control
October 26, 2011
Mariah Blake
The Turnaround Men
A charismatic entrepreneur, an ex-con turned devout Christian, and the politicians who championed them.
October 7, 2011
Timothy Noah
The Senate’s Option Wasn’t “Nuclear”
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