Matthew Yglesias
The only take that matters: To win in 2020, Democrats need a nominee who agrees with all of my preferences on policy and rhetorical style.
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Progressives Risk Killing More Than the Amazon Deal
Cities can’t afford to stop growing—but they can grow differently.
A tale of two 20003s: high rises or high rents
The near southeast quadrant of the District, from the Capitol dome down to the banks of the Anacostia river, has one ZIP code split in half by I-695, better known as the Southeast Freeway. Although these two areas look incredibly different at first...
Press gorges on the Jussie Smollett story, bypasses right-wing terrorist plotting to kill Democrats
Journalism is based on judgment and on deciding which stories to cover and which stories to downplay. This week, lots of national news organizations opted to focus relentlessly on the unfolding story of actor Jussie Smollett, who was arrested for...
How Amy Klobuchar Treats Her Staff
Interviews with more than two dozen former staff members and internal emails reviewed by The Times reveal demeaning and unusual behavior by Ms. Klobuchar toward her subordinates.
Klobuchar Introduces Legislation to Improve Transparency and Customer Service Standards for Air Travel
The Air Travel Ticketing Transparency and Protection Act would ensure that there are consistent consumer protections in place for all ticket sellers
WASHINGTON- U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) introduced legislation to improve transparency and...
Matthew Yglesias
@jonathanchait Klobuchar has been a leader on this issue.
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Second Attempt at the Department of Energy’s 2017 NOPR Should Be Rejected
On September 28, 2017, the Department of Energy (DOE) submitted a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NOPR) directing the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to consider a rule to subsidize certain power plants. The subsidy would have taken the...
Don’t Call It a Comeback
As 2020 approaches, we indulge in some crass Sunday morning horse-race punditry.
Matthew Yglesias
Two takes from me on Bernie & women and Bernie & staffing in a @jacobinmag dialogue with @lfeatherz and @karpmj
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Let’s relocate a bunch of government agencies to the Midwest
Time to shift economic activity from the overcrowded coasts to places that need more of it.
Editorial: Silicon Valley's Minor Trumpists
The Bay Area’s status quo of exclusion is not a joke, and it’s time to get serious about ending it.
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Matthew Yglesias
The presence (or absence) of black teachers in classrooms, for example, seems to be important to black kids’ learning outcomes.
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The North Korea summit nobody wanted
President Trump is excited to meet Kim Jong Un in Hanoi. Others fear he’ll give too much away.
Coal won't face Arizona sales taxes after Gov. Ducey signs bill
Ducey's approval was done in hopes of attracting a buyer for the embattled Navajo Generating Station and keeping the state's only coal mine open.
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Matthew Yglesias
I may be missing it, but outside of @RSI I haven’t seen conservative economic commentators take much note of the burgeoning trend of pro-coal industrial policy in GOP circles.
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The Democrats' Grand Delusion
You can’t defeat antidemocratic forces by cementing minority rule, and there will be no reckoning for Trump so long as the filibuster remains in place.
Nearly half of US female scientists leave full-time science after first child
Research puts a number on the proportion of people leaving full-time careers in science after the birth of their first child.
Matthew Yglesias
A much bigger issue for long-term growth than the endless wrangling about tax rates.
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Democrats welcome an increasingly diverse America; Republicans aren’t so sure
The conflict bubbling beneath the surface of American politics.
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Matthew Yglesias
Come for the poll result, stay for the ominous forecast of politics descending into an even more explicit racial conflict
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Europe’s largest TBM to dig Paris RER Line E extension
A ceremony was held in Paris on November 28 to name Europe’s largest tunnel boring machine, which will excavate a tunnel for the RER Line E extension.
Matthew Yglesias
RER E extension project fearing an 8km tunnel through Paris plus 47km on track upgrades west of La Défense is coming in at 3.8 billion euros.
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The Sanders Foreign Policy Advantage
He has put forward a comprehensive vision that pits democratic peoples everywhere against illiberalism at home and abroad.
Amazon’s $0 corporate income tax bill last year, explained
The mystery of stock-based compensation.