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Forgiving Student Debt Alone Won’t Fix the Crisis
Turns out saddling teenagers with mortgage-like debt under the guise of increasing "access" to college education is a bad idea
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Trump’s Gone, So What’s Next for the Democrats?
The party needs to find another message besides: “We are not Trump”
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Big Pharma’s Covid-19 Profiteers
How the race to develop treatments and a vaccine will create a historic windfall for the industry — and everyone else will pay the price
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Why Policing Is Broken
Years of research on brutality cases shows that bad incentives in politics and city bureaucracies are major drivers of police violence
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How the COVID-19 Bailout Gave Wall Street a No-Lose Casino
While ordinary Americans face record unemployment and loss, the COVID-19 bailout has saved the very rich
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Bailing Out the Bailout
It will take years to sort through the details, but Trump’s $2 trillion COVID-19 response looks like a double-down on the last disaster
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After Richard Burr's Coronavirus Scandal, Will the Government Finally Crack Down on Congressional Insider Trading?
Members of congress trading against a pandemic is as low as it gets. On the long and winding history of elected officials eluding rules against political profiteering
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The Official, Possibly Final, Democratic Debate Drinking Game Rules
Socially distance, grab a beverage and watch Bernie and Joe go one-on-one
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Bernie's Last Chance
Heading into a one-on-one debate with Joe Biden, Bernie Sanders should not go gentle into that good night
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To Rebound and Win, Bernie Sanders Needs to Leave His Comfort Zone
Current and former staffers say Sanders has run a great campaign — except when it comes to taking on Democrats like Joe Biden by name. Can he fix that?
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