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A radical idea for breaking the cycle of public anger
What if we actually focused on the cost of living?
 • Matthew Yglesias
Maps, maps, and more maps
The fight over congressional districts is entering its most consequential chapter yet.
 • Halina Bennet
Where DOGE hit DC hardest
A high-impact failure that hit the poorest neighborhoods
 • Matthew Yglesias
Sunday Mailbag + Thread
Ask your questions below.
 • Halina Bennet
Saturday discussion post
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What the offline discourse class is talking about
Swing-state letter writers are not arguing about whether petty theft is a new kind of political protest.
 • Halina Bennet
What to make of the generic ballot
Plus ties, Mamdani, the Obama legacy, and fundraising’s diminishing returns
 • Matthew Yglesias
Thursday discussion post
Is petty theft the new political protest?
 • Halina Bennet
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Should we miss hypocritical idealism in American foreign policy?
The upside of Trump's cynical realism
 • Matthew Yglesias
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