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President Joe Biden delivers remarks during a campaign event with Vice President Kamala Harris in Raleigh, North Carolina, March 26, 2024.
Liberals Need to Be Radicals: While President Biden has reduced inflation and created more jobs, he hasn’t gone far enough to help most Americans. For our April 2024 print issue, Robert Kuttner outlines why in a second term, the administration needs a more radical agenda.
The Pious One, Donald Trump: For all the Christian sermons at his rallies, Donald Trump is not even remotely godly. Ryan Cooper looks into the Trump campaign's overt embrace of Evangelical Christianity—and why it's all a lie.
Still Bring Us Your Tired: Despite heightened rhetoric about the border crisis, Americans are still willing to welcome refugees. What's in question, Dara Lind writes for our April 2024 issue, is whether our government is up to the task. Eurocrats on the Brink: In a world on fire, why are European policymakers so slow to react? For our April 2024 issue, David Dayen reports from Brussels, at the antitrust conference called the "anti-Davos" by Politico.
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