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The Origin Story
by Paul Glastris
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On pOlitical BOOks
Ten Days of Grace
A former White House speechwriter
remembers a critical period that
shaped the Obama presidency.
by Terry Edmonds
Trumpism Before Trump
How a small group of reactionaries
hijacked the Republican Party-
decades before the 2016 election.
by Jacob Heilbrunn
How to Get From Bravery to Victory
A former war correspondent sees the civil rights
movement as a kind of military campaign-
and helps us envision how to win
the current war for democracy.
by Debra Dickerson
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