Ezra Klein’s year of Abundance
The abundance agenda means figuring out how Democratic governments can follow through on their promises to voters.Runaway housing costs and ...
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America’s other populist, socialist big-city mayor
The election was divisive, pitting an established moderate against an upstart progressive in the large, Democratic city. For a while ...
JD Vance and the future of MAGA
After a successful 2024 election, Vice President JD Vance came into the White House ready to shake things up, support ...
Will Trump pardon Epstein’s chief enabler?
Last Friday — and then again this Tuesday — the Justice Department released the Epstein files. The documents were incomplete ...
What does Trump’s AI czar want?
This summer, as President Donald Trump signed a new industry-friendly “Genius Act” for cryptocurrency, he deferred to White House “AI ...
Republican women in Congress are tired of Mike Johnson
Frustrations are mounting in the Republican conference despite the GOP controlling the House, the Senate, and the White House. There ...
When your AI boyfriend gets you better than your spouse
The AI revolution is breaching a new frontier: the human heart.For those seeking a partner who feels custom-built for their ...
Betting scandals broke sports. Could prediction markets do the same to politics?
Everyone you know is about to start putting their money where their mouth is.Prediction markets are booming. Think of them ...
How to fix the broken visa system for high-skill workers
President Donald Trump has been walking a fine line when it comes to H-1B visas — the visa that high-skill ...
Does the fate of the US economy now hinge on one company?
As the price of almost everything has increased, and American workers’ wages have all but stalled, politicians like President Donald ...
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