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May 19, 2023
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Tim Scott Is Sure to Rise—and Surer to Fade
The South Carolina senator’s presidential run will allow Republicans to demonstrate—briefly—that they aren’t racists.
December 14, 2020
HUD Deserves Better Than Marcia Fudge
The chronic neglect of the nation’s housing agency continues with Joe Biden’s decision to tap an inexperienced Ohio lawmaker as its leader.
August 24, 2020
Trump’s Incredible Ignorance of Suburbia
The president sees suburban America as a bastion of white affluence—an outdated view that could cost him the election.
September 20, 2018
Ben Carson’s HUD is a quiet scandal.
August 16, 2018
The free-market fallacy behind Ben Carson’s anti-desegregation policy.
June 7, 2018
Study: Ben Carson’s rent-hike plan puts low-income Americans at risk of homelessness.
February 15, 2018
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The Myth of Normal America
There are no good old days to return to in U.S. politics. The truth about a post-Trump era.
January 17, 2018
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The Fight for the Suburbs
How a battle over the Fair Housing Act could transform U.S. politics
November 16, 2017
Our Inordinately White, Wealthy, Male Government
The departure of Janet Yellen underscores the homogeneity of the governing class under Donald Trump.
October 25, 2017
How many years to rebuild Puerto Rico? “Somewhere between 1 and 100,” says Ben Carson.
June 16, 2017
Magazine
Why Trump Is a Loyalty Freak
The president's obsession with fealty isn't a personal quirk—it's a political necessity.
March 6, 2017
Ben Carson thinks slaves were immigrants who came to America in search of a better life.
February 28, 2017
Magazine
All the President’s Phantoms
Trump isn’t the first conspiracy theorist in chief—just the most shameless.
February 1, 2017
Donald Trump just gave his version of the “I have black friends” spiel.
January 25, 2017
Democrats are messing this up already.
January 24, 2017
Ben Carson finally has something to do with his hands again.
December 5, 2016
Ben Carson will run HUD, which has a $50 billion budget and 8,000 employees. What could go wrong?
November 15, 2016
Bye, Ben Carson!
November 10, 2016
Brace yourselves for Education Secretary Ben Carson.
November 8, 2016
Our 10 favorite moments from the 2016 campaign.

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