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February 5, 2026 - Scott Horton | Jon Wolfsthal | Daryl Kimball

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February 4, 2026 - Jacob Grumbach | Jon Hoffman | Mitchell Plitnick

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February 3, 2026 - Robert Kuttner | Emma Winger | Julia Azari

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February 2, 2026 - Craig Unger | Ari Berman | Robert Alexander

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February 1, 2026 - Jean Guerrero | Jeet Heer | Anne Nelson

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January 29 - Bruce Fein | Nina Burleigh | Lila Hassan

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January 28, 2026 - Dean Baker | Brad Carson | David Faris

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January 27, 2026 - Dr. Jessie Daniels | Richard Hasen | Joshua Horwitz

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January 26, 2026 - Tom Nolan | Benjamin Carter Hett | Nicholas Heras

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January 25, 2026 - Radley Balko | Benn Steil

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January 22, 2026 - Lisa Graves | Joseph Lowndes | Will Bunch

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January 21, 2026 | David Cay Johnston | Christian Leuprecht | Jonathan Taplin

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January 20, 2026 - Mae Ngai | Paul Pillar | Joshua Landis

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January 19, 2026 - Sasha Abramsky | Rebecca Riddell | Justin Elliott

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January 15, 2026 - Aaron Regunberg | Dr. Louisse Shelley | Andrew Miller

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January 14, 2026 - Mikkel Runge Olesen | Dr. Nancy Okail | Jacob SilvermN

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January 13, 2026 - Emmanuel Mauleón | Ray Takeyh | Mark Fitzpatrick

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January 12, 2026 - Robert Hockett | Annelle Sheline | David Daley

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January 11, 2026 - Karen Greenberg | Mohsen Milani | Alfred McCoy

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January 8, 2026 - David Schultz | Alejandro Velasco | Ryan Cooper

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January 7, 2026 - Ana Pottratz Acosta | Dr. Allen Frances | Oona Hathaway

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January 6, 2026 - Spencer Sunshine | Miguel Tinker Salas | Stephen Wertheim

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January 5, 2026 - Robert Pape | Jacob Heilbrunn | Adele Stan

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January 4, 2026 - David Smilde | Francisco Mondaldi | Nader Hashemi

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January 1, 2026 - Richard Parker | John Nichols

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December 31, 2025 - Lisa Graves | Aram Shabanian

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December 30, 2025 - Olga Lautman | Luke Goldstein | Anand Giridharadas

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December 29, 2025 - Nina Burleigh | Robert Young Pelton | Rachel VanLandingham

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December 28, 2025 - Sean Wilentz | David Adler | Ken Klippenstein

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December 25, 2025 - James Carroll | Steven Simon | Barbara Walter

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December 24, 2025 - Reverend Dr. Liz Theoharis | Gil Duran | Brooke Harrington

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December 23, 2025 - Sidney Blumenthal | Jasper Nathaniel

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December 22, 2025 - Lincoln Mitchell | Ben Armbruster | Ariel Dorfman

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December 21, 2025 - Moira Donegan | James Zirin | Samuel Moyn

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December 18, 2025 - Mike Lofgren | Francisco Rodríguez | Tim Wu

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December 17, 2025 - Greg Sargent | Sven Beckert

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December 16, 2025 - Jennifer Kavanagh | Karen Greenberg | Henry Giroux

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December 15, 2025 - Jordan Baker | Jonathan Alter | Victoria Hui

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December 14, 2025 - Charles Kupchan | Sam Rosenthal | Jaz Brisack

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December 11, 2025 - David Smilde | Harold Meyerson | Dalia Dassa Kaye

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December 10, 2025 - John Judis | Deb Otis | Nina Burleigh

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December 9, 2025 - William LeoGrande | Victor Pickard | Mike Pepi

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December 8, 2025 - William Cohan | Aram Shabanian | Ari Berman

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December 7, 2025 - Rachel VanLandingham | Lydia Camarillo | Jordan Schwartz | Lisa Graves

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December 4, 2025 - David Broder | Mstyslav Chernov | Casey Michel

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December 3, 2025 - Paul Waldman | Michael Kimmage | Sarah Leah Whitson

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December 2, 2025 - Tom Nichols | Jonathan Metzl | William Hartung

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December 1, 2025 - Alejandro Velasco | Alex Lawson | Sidney Blumenthal

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November 30, 2025 - Robert Young Pelton | Christine Fair | Tamar Jacoby

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November 27, 2025 - Richard Parker | Jackie Mitchell | Brian Holmes

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November 26, 2025 - Adele Stan | Julia Loktev

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November 25, 2025 - Harry Litman | James Green | Tom Mockaitis

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November 24, 2025 - Anand Giridharadas | Robert Benson | Peter Dreier

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November 23, 2025 - Dan Alexander | William Cohan | Anders Aslund

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November 20, 2025 - Lucian Truscott IV | JB Branch | Alexander Sammon

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November 19, 2025 - Jacob Heilbrunn | David Halperin | Christopher Miller

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November 18, 2025 - Ken Klippenstein | Sarah Leah Whitson | Brendan Benedict

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November 17, 2025 - Jonathan Larsen | Mietek Boduszynski | Ben Freeman

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November 16, 2025 - Daniel Boguslaw | Faiza Patel | Aaron Regunberg

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November 13, 2025 - Matthew Petti | Louise Shelley | Christopher Prebble

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November 12, 2025 - Nina Burleigh | Fred Turner | Jonathan Guyer

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November 11, 2025 - John Sweeney | Michael Mann | Olga Lautman

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November 10, 2025 - Jeet Heer | Joshua Landis | Jennifer Kavanagh

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November 9, 2025 - Jeff Wise | David Graham | J.W. Mason

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November 6, 2025 - Rick Wilson | Michael McDonald | John Lawrence

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November 5, 2025 - Moira Donegan | Alexander Keyssar | Michael Edison Hayden

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November 4, 2025 - Marion Nestle | Ryan Cooper | Dr. Ashley Koning

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November 3, 2025 - Javier Corrales | Paul Glastris | Daniel Harawa

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November 1, 2025 - Joseph Cirincione | Will Bunch | Fatemeh Jamalpour

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October 30, 2025 - Miles Taylor & Maria McFarland Sanchez-Moreno | Jochen Hellbeck

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October 29, 2025 - Gina Plata-Nino | Bartlett Naylor | Dennis Hogan

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October 28, 2025 - Michael Hudson | Kent Harrington

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October 27, 2025 - Dr. Bandy Lee | Stephen Marche | Sarang Shidore

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October 26, 2025 - Sean Wilentz | Sidney Blumenthal | Timothy Shenk

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October 23, 2025 - David Faris | Richard Briffault | Tamar Jacoby

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October 22, 2025 - Jared Abbott | Robert McElvaine | Priya Jain

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October 21, 2025 - David Cay Johnston | James Zirin | William LeoGrande

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October 20, 2025 - Van Gosse | Dr. Annelle Sheline | Kim Lane Scheppele

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October 19, 2025 - John Nichols | Joe Feagin | Stephen Kinzer

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October 16, 2025 - Michael Kimmage | David Smilde | Kenneth Vogel

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October 15, 2025 - David Daley | Dustin Wahl | Richard P. Swanson

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October 14, 2025 - Asher Kaufman | Harold Meyerson | Nina Burleigh

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October 13, 2025 - Aaron David Miller | Sarah Leah Whitson | Paul Pillar

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October 12, 2025 - Alejandro Velasco | Gil Duran | Thom Hartmann

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October 9, 2025 - Mitchell Plitnick | Michael Klare | Danny Goldberg

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October 8, 2025 - Lawrence Douglas | Robert Pape | Lincoln Mitchell

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October 7, 2025 - William Hartung | Garrett Epps | Cory Doctorow

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October 6, 2025 - Dr. Allen Frances | Maria Victoria Murillo | Chuck Collins

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October 5, 2025 - Steven Simon | Katherine Stewart | James Carroll

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October 2, 2025 - Elizabeth Goitein | Lisa Graves

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October 1, 2025 - Ken Klippenstein | Stephen Marche | Sasha Abramsky

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September 30, 2025 - Robert Kuttner | Stuart Schrader | Michael Mann

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September 29, 2025 - Guy Ziv | James Thurber | Jim Manley

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September 28, 2025 - Harry Litman | David Adler | Robert Malley

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September 25, 2025 - Sidney Blumenthal | Mark Hannah | Jacob Silverman

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September 24, 2025 - Richard Parker | George Beebe | Chris Whipple

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September 23, 2025 - Dulcie Leimbach | Arthur Caplan | Maha Nassar

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September 22, 2025 - Ahmed Moor | Andre Pagliarini | Will Bunch

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September 21, 2025 - Jacob Heilbrunn | James Henry

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September 18, 2025 - William Cohan | Craig Aaron | Aziz Huq