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26 Kamala

Harris Shoves Immigrants Under the (Campaign) Bus The historic, first-generation candidate isn’t fighting Trump on immigration policy. She’s echoing him. ANNA LEKAS MILLER

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30 Can Tim

Walz Help Democrats CourseCorrect on Education? The Harris campaign hinges its progressive bona fides on the governor’s record of pro-child policy. SARAH LAHM

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33 Why Trump Can’t

Disavow His Support for Project 2025 The rightwing playbook’s plans for public schools are already in place or rolling out. MAURICE CUNNINGHAM

46 Israel Could Still Decide the Election

Ignoring the Uncommitted National Movement’s demands won’t win any votes in swing states like Michigan. SAMER BADAWI

40 Building Democracy from the Ground Up A group empowering grassroots activists across North Carolina could help transform the rural political landscape. JAMES L . VANHISE

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50 John Roberts and the Second Coming of Dred Scott The Court’s ruling on presidential immunity in Trump v. United States may well be its worst since 1857. BILL BLUM

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36 Fightin’ Bob La Follette’s

1924 Presidential Campaign STORY AND ART BY MIKE KONOPACKI

44 Trump’s Dark Vision for America A look at some of what the former President says he’ll do if he returns to power. BILL LUEDERS

54 Chasing the

Rainbow Coalition How Jesse Jackson’s groundbreaking 1988 presidential campaign shaped the 2024 election. DAVID MASCIOTRA

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