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Our Crisis Isn’t a Failure of Manners

On Ezra Klein, Charlie Kirk, and the civility trap.
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Realignment Isn’t A Playlist
On Searchlight, why Democrats can’t simply curate their way to power and what it takes to forge an era of democratic renewal.
Sep 22 • Waleed Shahid
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What We Look At When We Look At a Baby
A newborn in the house, and I can’t stop watching people watch the baby.
Sep 15 • Waleed Shahid
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VHS Recording Of 10-Year Old Me on 9/11/2001
Last year, I found an old VHS tape of my neighbor interviewing us on 9/11/2001 about our family's experience that day.
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What Yglesias Gets Wrong About the 1850s
Republicans forged purpose out of disparate interests and factional conflict.
Aug 26 • Waleed Shahid
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Zohran’s Scavenger Hunt and the Forgotten Socialist Mayor of New York
A citywide scavenger hunt turned contained a mini-history lesson about New York’s socialist lineage.
Aug 25 • Waleed Shahid
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Inside Uncommitted: The 1-Year Anniversary of a Missed Turn at the DNC
Twelve months on, the cost of ignoring anti-war voters is plain.
Aug 19 • Waleed Shahid
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The Distraction Playbook: How Trump’s DC Takeover Swallowed the News Cycle
Trump didn’t like what he was seeing on his TV screens these past few weeks, so he decided to change the story.
Aug 15 • Waleed Shahid, vaibhav vijay, and Vanessa Parra
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