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Is it better to be born smart or rich? You probably won't like the answer. Education is no magic solution to income inequality. By Helaine Olen · Read more Sarah Sanders Watch: 'Mouthpiece for fascism'? Sanders heats up her talking points with sympathetic Fox News interviewers, only to repeat them in gaggles with White House reporters. By Erik Wemple · Read more   The Plum Line Why low-wage workers and members of Congress both deserve a raise It's been a decade since we increased the minimum wage or raised congressional salaries. We should do both together. By Paul Waldman · Read more   Debate guidelines for a mob scene How to extract value from a debate that's certain to disappoint. By Jennifer Rubin · Read more   Are tariffs really just taxes on our sanity? We seem to be paying a price. By Tom Toles · Read more     ADVERTISEMENT   Trump lies all the time. And yet the toadies keep covering for him. They never tire of repeating his falsehoods. By Jennifer Rubin · Read more   The Plum Line Biden is getting it wrong on Trump and the GOP The former vice president is making a bet on both the primary and general electorates. By Greg Sargent · Read more   Canada grapples with a charge of 'genocide.' For indigenous people, there's no debate. A national inquiry called the murder of indigenous girls and women an ongoing genocide. It also issued more than 200 recommendations on how to prevent this tragedy from continuing. By Alicia Elliott · Read more   Six questions for Team Biden What adjustments must the former vice president make to secure the Democratic nomination? By Jennifer Rubin · Read more   No, Franklin Graham, Trump doesn't need prayers. He demands protest. Prayers for the powerful at the expense of the powerless, especially when the powerful in question is Trump, strike me as immoral. By Jonathan Capehart · Read more     ADVERTISEMENT   Study: Civil asset forfeiture doesn't discourage drug use or help police solve crimes The study by the Institute for Justice, a libertarian legal advocacy group, also found that as unemployment goes up, so do civil forfeiture cases. By Radley Balko · Read more   The House begins to tell the story of Trump's criminality Telling Americans what is in the Mueller report. By Jennifer Rubin · Read more   Elizabeth Warren is proving her doubters wrong The presidential race is better with her in it. By Katrina vanden Heuvel · Read more   PostEverything An open letter to Donald Trump from an expert on economic coercion I know some things about how economic coercion works. Trump does not. By Daniel Drezner · Read more   Recommended for you Get The Trailer newsletter News and insight on political campaigns around the country, from David Weigel. 435 districts. 50 states. Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday evenings. Sign Up

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