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Sowing a Rural Insurgency

1 month 1 week ago
New organizing groups agitate for a healthy share of resources to rebuild the Democratic image in left-behind communities.
Justin H. Vassallo

Cold War Kids

1 month 1 week ago
Apple’s hit show ‘Severance’ was originally about the class struggle; Season 2 stifles that in favor of corporate crisis management.
Aaron Bady

Washington on the Brink

1 month 1 week ago
With its city’s future in the balance, the District of Columbia watches and waits on the House.
Gabrielle Gurley

Fascism’s Feeble Firebreaks

1 month 1 week ago
Today on TAP: How will Trump’s madness be contained? Three sources of pushback are traditional conservatives, courts, and Republicans in Congress. So far, none are all that reassuring.
Robert Kuttner

Burning Down the House

1 month 1 week ago
What ties together all of Trump’s moves is personal vindictiveness and a fragile ego. At what point does reality or Republican pushback intrude?
Robert Kuttner

‘Oopsie … Too Late’

1 month 1 week ago
Today on TAP: The several cases in which Trump is defying court orders are coming to a head. We will soon learn whether the rule of law still applies in America—or whether we are too late.
Robert Kuttner