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May 12, 2025 - Scott Horton | Paul Pierson

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May 11, 2025 - Lucan Way | James Zirin | Leah Litman

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May 8, 2025 - Massimo Faggioli | Jane Via | Jeff Wise

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May 7, 2025 - Annelle Sheline | Sumit Ganguly | Faith Williams

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May 6, 2025 - Frank Vogl | Will Bunch | Laurence Rees

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May 5, 2025 - Dr. Guy Ziv | Paul Blumenthal | Michael Kimmage

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May 4, 2025 - Lindsay Koshgarian | Craig Aaron | Timothy Naftali

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May 1, 2025 - Jacob Heilbrunn | James Liebman | Eric Blanc

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April 30, 2025 - Christine Fair | Sidney Blumenthal | Paul Pillar

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April 29, 2025 - Andrew Latham | Rick Perlstein | Greg Grandin

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April 28, 2025 - Lisa DeMio | Moira Donega | Sean Wilentz

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April 27, 2025 - Simon Shuster | Craig Holman | Gareth Gore

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April 24, 2025 - Jacob Heilbrunn | Jameel Jaffer | David Graham

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April 23, 2025 - Fred Turner | Olga Lautman

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April 22, 2025 - J.W. Mason | Kate McElwee | Malcolm Harris

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April 21, 2025 - Kenneth Briggs | Frances Kissling | Lawrence Korb

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April 20, 2025 - Charles Kupchan | Justin Wolfers | Jake Werner

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April 17, 2025 - Bruce Fein | Bill Scher | Scott Kennedy

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April 16, 2025 - Edward McCaffery | Nancy Altman | Craig Unger

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April 15, 2025 - Ryan Enos | Aram Shabanian | Nader Hashemi

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April 14, 2025 - Ben Wizner | Ana María Méndez-Dardón | Steven Simon

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April 13, 2025 - Manuel Pastor | Stephen Walt | Christopher Whipple

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April 10, 2025 - Joseph Stiglitz | Barry Eichengreen | Christopher Meissner

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April 9, 2025 - Robert Hockett | Matt Gold | Gregory Brew

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April 8, 2025 - Barry Naughton | Trita Parsi | Alexander Sammon

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April 7, 2025 - William Cohan | Mike Lofgren | Michael Kazin

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April 6, 2025 - Denver Riggleman | Stephen Wertheim | Karthik Sankaran

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April 3, 2025 - Jeremi Suri | Sarang Shidore | Jonathan Cohn

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April 2, 2025 - Richard Parker | Jonathan Guyer | Simon Billenness

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April 1, 2025 - Michael Martin | Matthew Klein | Michael John Williams

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March 31, 2025 - Paul Pillar | Henry Giroux | Lloyd Green

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March 30, 2025 - Harold Meyerson | Aziz Rana

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March 27, 2025 - Annelle Sheline | Thomas Bollyky | Ruth Conniff

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March 26, 2025 - Lincoln Mitchell | Michael Hiltzik | David Daley

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March 25, 2025 - Jacob Heilbrunn | Gregory Treverton | Samuel Moyn

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March 24, 2025 - David Phillips | Asher Kaufman | Olga Lautman

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March 23, 2025 - Fred Turner | Robert Suettinger

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March 20, 2025 - David Bateman | Ken Vogel | Alex Isenstadt

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March 19, 2025 - Marci Shore | Michael Gorham | Henri Barkey

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March 18, 2025 - Omar El Akkad | David Faris | Simon Rosenberg

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March 17, 2025 - John Nichols | Jonathan Zimmerman | Nader Hashemi

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March 16, 2025 - Malcolm Nance | Aram Shabanian | Sidney Blumenthal

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March 13, 2025 - David Enrich | James Galbraith | Ben Burgis

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March 12, 2025 - Tom Mockaitis | Robert Creamer | Michael Swaine

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March 11, 2025 - Matt Gold | Margo Schlanger | Mihir Desai

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March 10, 2025 - Lisa Graves | Jacob Silverman | David Halperin

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March 9, 2025 - Scott Horton | Anders Aslund | Mike Albertus

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March 6, 2025 - Orville Schell | Andy Kroll

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March 5, 2025 - Dr. Allen Frances | Alex Lawson | Karen Greenberg

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March 4, 2025 - Lucan Way | Dean Baker | Corey Brettschneider

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March 3, 2025 - Anna Merlan | Casey Michel | James Thurber

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March 2, 2025 - Angela Stent | Stephen Crowley | Natalie Melnyczuk

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February 27, 2025 - Alexander Motyl | Victor Pickard | Brooke Harrington

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February 26, 2025 - Paul Farhi | Mike Lofgren | Dr. Guy Ziv

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February 25, 2025 - Rachel VanLandingham | Bill Scher | Mike German

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February 24, 2025 - Laura Thornton | Alfred McCoy

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February 23, 2025 - Nathan Tankus | Bandy Lee | Peter Montgomery

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February 20, 2025 - Ryan Cooper | Eric Blanc | Erik Baker

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In Crushing the Federal WorkForce, Trump Will Not Find the Trillions to Make His Tax Cuts Permanent

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February 19, 2025 - Simon Shuster | Emma Ashford | Katherine Stewart

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February 18, 2025 - Sasha Abramsky | John Ganz | Jacob Heilbrunn

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February 17, 2025 - Daniel Treisman | David Andelman | James Risen

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February 15, 2025 - Charles Kupchan | Kim Lane Scheppele | James Zirin

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February 13, 2025 - Allison McManus | Michael Hiltzik | Timothy Shenk

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February 12, 2025 - Steven Pifer | Michael Kimmage | Daoud Kuttab

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February 11, 2025 - Nicholas Grossman | Lucan Way

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February 10, 2025 - Jason Stanley | Jacques Berlinerbau | Allison Pugh

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February 9, 2025 - Kathleen Clark | Katherine Stewart | Vanda Felbab-Brown

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February 6, 2025 - David Super | Lisa Graves | Michael German

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February 5, 2025 - Jacob Heilbrunn | Leila Hilal | Jeet Heer

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February 4, 2025 - Robert Kuttner | Ioan Grillo | Van Jackson

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February 3, 2025 - Steve Radelet | Moira Donegan | Adele Stan

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February 2, 2025 - William Yeomans | Karen Dolan | Michael Brenes

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January 1, 2025 - Gregory Treverton | Jeff Wise

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January 29, 2025 - Dr. Amesh Adalja | Dr. Peter Katona | Mae Ngai

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January 28, 2025 - Michelle Garcia | Sam Quinones | Thomas Berger

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January 27, 2025 - Dharna Noor | Dr. Herb Lin | Natalie Melnyczuk

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January 26, 2025 - Michael Weinstein | Russell Muirhead | Michael Albertus

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January 23, 2025 - Gil Duran | George Beebe | William Hartung

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January 22, 2025 - Anthea Butler | Loch Johnson | Craig Unger

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January 21, 2025 - Michael Podhorzer | Elizabeth Goitein | Spencer Sunshine

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January 20, 2025 - Dr. Allen Frances | Sidney Blumenthal | Molly White

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January 19, 2025 - Sean Wilentz | Fred Turner | Cayce Myers

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January 16, 2025 - Steven Simon | Quinn Slobodian

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January 15, 2025 - Charles Kupchan | Elliot Egin | Corey Brettschneider

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January 14, 2025 - Robert Young Pelton | Rachel VanLandingham | Laurie Levenson | Annelle Sheline

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January 13, 2025 - David Cay Johnston | Lawrence Korb | Aaron Reichlin-Melnick

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January 12, 2025 - LeRoy Westerling | David Smilde | James Zirin

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January 9, 2025 - James Fallows | Glen MacDonald | Mark Whailing

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January 8, 2025 - Harry Litman | Dr. Jon Kelley | Jamie Court

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January 7, 2025 - Scott Horton | Stephen Kinzer | Alexander Cooley

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January 6, 2025 - Jacob Heilbrunn | Andrew Latham | Thanassis Cambanis

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January 5, 2025 - Karen Greenberg | Ruth Ben Ghiat | Craig Aaron

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January 2, 2025 - Robert Pape | Chris McGreal | Stephen Wertheim

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January 1, 2025 - Wendy Brown | Richard Beck | Brooke Harrington

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December 31, 2024 - Jason Stanley | Gareth Gore | Timothy Shenk

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December 30, 2024 - Sarah Churchwell | Samuel Moyn | Steve Benen

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December 29, 2024 - Miles Taylor | Oona Hathaway | Nick Bryant

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December 25, 2024 - Rev. Mitri Raheb | James Carroll

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December 24, 2024 - Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis | Diane Winston