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Mar 1, 2023 • Matthew Yglesias
No land acknowledgments, no remigration
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I was wrong about Biden
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I’ve been right about some things
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Tuesday discussion post
Here’s what you missed on X.
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Why hasn’t oil gotten even more expensive?
TACO equilibrium is keeping a lid on the futures market.
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The Democratic Party’s debate has become more confusing
The Illinois primaries pointed the national party in several directions ahead of November.
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Ed tech is not the answer or the problem
Look to the structural incentives shaping the whole school system.
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In defense of having a dumb thing to care about
It’s your civic responsibility to have a March Madness bracket.
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The racial justice case for zoning reform
Plus price discrimination, why men stopped dancing, and the case for Michael B. Jordan
Mar 20 • Matthew Yglesias
Thursday discussion post
My boss tweets a lot.
Mar 19 • Halina Bennet
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