A “Social Wealth Fund” Could be the Next Big Idea
The U.S. — outside of Alaska — lags behind the rest of the world in its embrace of sovereign wealth funds. The left is making moves to change that.
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CNN, Credibly Accused of Lying to its Audience About a Key Claim in its Blockbuster Cohen Story, Refuses to Comment
Cohen lawyer Lanny Davis says he was an anonymous source for CNN's blockbuster story. CNN told viewers he refused to comment. Who is lying?
Democrats Are Releasing Two-Minute Campaign Ads, Hoping to Replicate Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s Viral Success
Dueling ads by Kerri Harris and Sen. Tom Carper hope to shape the heated primary for U.S. Senate in Delaware.
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Hold the Plaudits, John McCain's 2008 Campaign Paved the Way for Donald Trump
By choosing Sarah Palin as his running mate and tolerating slurs against Barack Obama, John McCain helped set loose the racism of the Republican Party.
A Little-Known Story About John McCain and His Fantasies of Benevolent U.S. Foreign Policy
What McCain believed was an example of America's shining goodness and generosity during the Yom Kippur War in 1973 was actually gruesome realpolitik.
Beware the Race Reductionist
In the debates over the proper role of identity politics, efforts to use identity to derail class-based projects have been widely overlooked.
Zephyr Teachout's Fundraising Spikes In Wake of New York Times Endorsement in Attorney General Race
In the New York state attorney general race, Donald Trump and Andrew Cuomo aren't on the ballot, but they might as well be.
Tom Carper Touts His Environmental Record, but a Closer Look Suggests It's Not So Clean
Carper, running for re-election against Kerri Harris, is using his environmental record to prove his progressive bona fides. But it makes the opposite case.
Tom Carper's 40-Year Record of Defending Banks Is Being Challenged by Kerri Harris in a Democratic Primary
Carper has been defending banking interests back home for four decades. It's long been “the Delaware way,” but Kerri Harris is trying a different approach.
Donald Trump Could’ve Paid Off Stormy Daniels Legally If Michael Cohen Were a Better Lawyer
A 1976 Supreme Court decision created a way for Trump to send Daniels hush money without breaking any campaign finance laws.