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We overwhelmingly cast our votes for the unfinished dream of democracy. Guess we're mostly alone in that commitment.

According to conventional wisdom, the last quarter century of elections has proved that most of the country leans conservative. It all started with a map.

It's no longer clear that anyone in Trump's second term will be there to restrain him from moving forward with his worst intentions against civilians.

Oderm.

The squalid state of our present political institutions points to a failure of not just individuals but the system as a whole.

Over the past decade, Massachusetts witnessed the slow death of its largest hospital chain, leaving the largest and most diverse neighborhood in Boston without essential care.

Far from being an alien interloper, the incoming president draws from homegrown authoritarianism.

Trump promises a Project 2025 future.

The Democrats blew it with non-union workers in the 2024 election. Unions have a plan to get the party on message.

As progressives continue to debate the reasons for Harris's loss--it was the economy! it was the bigotry!--Isabella Weber and Elie Mystal duke out their opposing positions.