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The DSA Candidate Who Won Down South
An interview with newly elected Atlanta City Council member Kelsea Bond
Nov 15 • 
Hamilton Nolan
Stocks Aren't Salvation
Political consequences of the ownership society
Nov 10 • 
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Do What You Believe In
How to navigate a complex political world.
Nov 7 • 
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A Brief Biannual Update on the Publication You Are Reading
How Things Work.
Nov 1 • 
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October 2025

Local Paper Opines on Mayor's Race
The Wall Street Journal's incredible Zohran obsession.
Oct 30 • 
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Eugene Debs and All Of Us
In Terre Haute with the keepers of the flame.
Oct 27 • 
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ICE vs. NYC
The feds will not have a good time here.
Oct 23 • 
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The Time That Martin Luther King, Jr. Was Almost Assassinated in St. Augustine, Florida
A little known incident that could have changed history.
Oct 21 • 
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Shift Change at the Wheel Reinvention Factory
Even David Brooks is welcome in our movement.
Oct 16 • 
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Fragility Is Getting Scary
The opposite of risk management.
Oct 13 • 
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Thinking of AI as a Social Problem
No need to know the unknowable. The knowable is bad enough.
Oct 7 • 
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Brad Lander Wants New York City to Resist
The NYC Comptroller talks ICE, Trump, Zohran, and Brooklyn.
Oct 5 • 
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