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“The test of a first-rate intelligence,” said F. Scott Fitzgerald, “is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time.” Understanding economic populism is simpler: You need to keep two non-opposing ideas in mind at once. The conventional wisdom in progressive circles is that economic populism is about race, not economics. Recent studies clearly show it’s about economics … but it’s also about race. Crucially, we can’t stop there.

The most pressing and basic political question confronting our country right now is probably this simple one: What if Donald Trump wins the election in 2024? Either by fair means or foul, what if he ends up again in the White House? What will happen in this country? We asked a number of people from both parties and across different disciplines to tell us what we might expect.

One of the most vicious primaries of the 2022 midterm cycle is underway in Michigan between, of all candidates, two incumbent Democratic members of Congress vying for the newly drawn 11th congressional district. On one side is Representative Andy Levin, a liberal member related to the late Senator Carl Levin and former Congressman Sandy Levin. Levin’s opponent is the comparably more moderate Congresswoman Haley Stevens. The catalyst fueling the heated primary? The two most powerful Israel-focused advocacy groups in American politics. Читать дальше...

White House press secretary Jen Psaki stated on Friday that President Biden cancelling at least some share of student loan debt by way of executive order is “still on the table,” adding that a “decision” could be made in the coming months. But here’s the reality: If Biden doesn’t use his power to cancel at least a portion of student loan debt currently held by nearly 44 million Americans, especially with midterm elections approaching and with polls showing that younger Democratic voters have nearly thrown in the towel... Читать дальше...