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August 4, 2026
Frances Perkins: The Architect of Social Security
In her words, Frances Perkins, the first woman cabinet secretary, ‘came to Washington to work for God, FDR, and the millions of forgotten, plain, common workingmen.’
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July 23, 2026
Who’s the Most Concerned About Maine?
Troy Jackson steps out of Graham Platner’s shadow to take on Susan Collins in November.
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July 21, 2026
FEMA’s Summer Snowpocalypse
The Trump administration’s partisan warfare leaves the emergency management agency skidding into bureaucratic snowbanks and confronting angry Democratic lawmakers.
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July 9, 2026
Maine’s Three Likely Replacements for Graham Platner
Troy Jackson, Shenna Bellows, and Nirav Shah all bring different qualities to a showdown with Susan Collins.
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July 6, 2026
Data Centers Win-Lose in Virginia
In an era of austerity, Virginia’s state budget deal puts its lawmakers supporting Big Tech and its tax exemptions on a crash course with their constituents.
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June 15, 2026
Graham Platner Prepares to Take On Susan Collins
After demolishing Gov. Janet Mills in Maine’s Democratic primary, the political newbie confronts a major challenge running against the Senate’s longest-serving Republican woman.
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June 8, 2026
Canada Built a New Bridge From Ontario to Detroit. Trump Refuses to Open It.
Will the trade war leave a new bridge just sitting over an international waterway?
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June 2, 2026
Take This Data Center and Shove It
Americans ain’t puttin’ up with these things no more. Welcome to Virginia, ground zero for data center defiance.
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May 21, 2026
Is Chaos the Point in South Carolina?
Seems to be, but overzealous Republican state legislators steamrolling new congressional maps onto baffled voters may end up in a world of hurt.
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