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The Changing Spirit of Montana

10 months ago
Dirt farmer Jon Tester is the last statewide Democrat. Practically all the Republican officeholders are out-of-state millionaires. What gives?
David Dayen

Harris and the Enthusiasm Gap

10 months ago
Today on TAP: Can she restore anything like the excitement of the campaign’s early days when Harris replaced Biden as the Democratic candidate? Can she win without it?
Robert Kuttner

Playing Hardball

10 months 1 week ago
Rebalancing conflicts over state policy will require that blue states wield power differently.
Arkadi Gerney and Sarah Knight

Cutting Through the Granite

10 months 1 week ago
Democrat Maggie Goodlander, a former Biden antitrust official, is bringing a message of fighting corporate power to New Hampshire’s notoriously prickly voters.
Luke Goldstein

Housing Blues

10 months 1 week ago
Blue states are the hot spots for the country’s housing affordability crisis.
Rachael Dziaba

Leveraging the Money Power

10 months 1 week ago
Progressive state and city officials are pushing back against the right’s war on ‘woke capitalism.’ They could be doing even more with trillions of dollars in pension funds.
Robert Kuttner