Center for International Policy's Mel Goodman: What the Taliban Takeover of Afghanistan Means for Afghans and the US
Daily Poster's Walker Bragman: Democrats Missed Deadline Allows GOP to Gerrymander Their Way to Another Decade of Minority Rule
Children's Defense Fund's Zach Tilly: Programs That Cut U.S. Child Poverty in Half Can be Made Permanent By Congress
Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
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