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August 16, 2021
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Will the Squalid Rot of the Wisconsin Republican Party Become America’s Future?
The GOP-driven dysfunction of the Badger State is a window into the party’s illiberal plans for the country.
August 29, 2020
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The NBA Strike and the Limits of the Left’s Class-Centric Politics
The millionaire players’ anti-racist protest shows how race and class are intertwined for Black Americans.
October 15, 2019
Inside the “Most Incarcerated” Zip Code in the Country
53206, a heavily African American neighborhood north of downtown Milwaukee, suffers from all manner of ills—not least of which are the myths of criminality that continue to surround it.
June 24, 2014
What Rush Limbaugh Got Wrong About My Scott Walker Cover Story
Addressing his and other criticisms of the controversial article
June 15, 2014
The Unelectable Whiteness of Scott Walker
A journey through the poisonous, racially divided world that produced a Republican star
November 15, 2012
The Curse of Warholism
November 6, 2012
What to Watch for—and Ignore—on Election Day
November 3, 2012
The Final Stretch: Saturday's Campaign Stops
October 19, 2012
“Voter Fraud” in My Backyard
August 31, 2012
Cardinal Dolan’s Paul Ryan Problem
July 11, 2012
Does Transit Connect Employers to Labor?
June 6, 2012
Meet The Walker-Obama Voter
June 5, 2012
Electionate Live-Blogs the Wisconsin Recall
June 4, 2012
Counterintuition of the Day: Is a Walker Loss Bad for Obama?
June 4, 2012
How Pundits Are Misreading Wisconsin’s Recall
June 1, 2012
Why Walker's Urban-Crime Scare Ad Might Work
April 13, 2012
The Real Loser of the Scott Walker Recall? The State of Wisconsin
April 4, 2012
A Real Sign of Progress for Romney?
April 3, 2012
Solidarity!
March 29, 2012
If X, Then Why?

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