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Trump 2.0: Learning the Hard Lessons

By The Editors

Arguments

Should We Be Saying "President Haley"?

It’s very likely that the former South Carolina governor was more popular than Donald Trump or Kamala Harris. But our system won’t recognize it.

By Edward B. Foley

Arguments

How to Solve the Birth Shortfall

Elon Musk has identified a real problem. The actual solution, though, is one he wouldn’t like very much.

By Richard Rothstein

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Needed: A Transparency Guardian

By Margaret B. Kwoka

Book Reviews

Creatures of the Swamp

“Shame is for sissies”: inside the ugly world of American lobbyists for corrupt and violent governments.

By David Corn

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Arguments

Should We Be Saying "President Haley"?

It’s very likely that the former South Carolina governor was more popular than Donald Trump or Kamala Harris. But our system won’t recognize it.

By Edward B. Foley

Arguments

How to Solve the Birth Shortfall

Elon Musk has identified a real problem. The actual solution, though, is one he wouldn’t like very much.

By Richard Rothstein

Features

Needed: A Transparency Guardian

Our FOIA system was once the world’s gold standard. Here’s how it became sclerotic—and what we need to do to fix it.

By Margaret B. Kwoka

Book Reviews

Mr. Moral Authority

John Lewis wasn’t much of a legislator. But he was still one of the most revered Congress members of his era.

By Marion Orr

Book Reviews

When the Personal Was Political

Second-wave feminists meant business—but they had a lot of fun at it, too.

By Jill Filipovic

Book Reviews

Creatures of the Swamp

“Shame is for sissies”: inside the ugly world of American lobbyists for corrupt and violent governments.

By David Corn

Book Reviews

Playing Chicken with Workers’ Lives

The powerless—and courageous—immigrants fighting for dignity inside the country’s slaughterhouses.

By Tom Philpott

Book Reviews

Our Plastic Obsession

The story of credit cards is the story of industry versus regulators. Industry won.

By Richard Vague

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