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Matthew Yglesias

Matthew Yglesias

Former Senior Correspondent

    Latest articles by Matthew Yglesias

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    Hillary Clinton doesn’t need to choose between a reassuring campaign and progressive policiesHillary Clinton doesn’t need to choose between a reassuring campaign and progressive policies
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    Get a strategy that can do both.

    By Matthew Yglesias
    Politics
    The biggest mystery in American education, in one chartThe biggest mystery in American education, in one chart
    Politics

    Kids are getting smarter ... until they go to high school.

    By Matthew Yglesias
    Politics
    The tragic irony of Jane Jacobs’s Greenwich VillageThe tragic irony of Jane Jacobs’s Greenwich Village
    Politics

    Destroying the village by preserving it.

    By Matthew Yglesias
    Politics
    The Obama administration is quietly taking decisive action to cut banking down to sizeThe Obama administration is quietly taking decisive action to cut banking down to size
    Politics

    Three big rules in one week.

    By Matthew Yglesias
    Politics
    Add Puerto Rico’s debt crisis to the list of issues Donald Trump doesn’t understandAdd Puerto Rico’s debt crisis to the list of issues Donald Trump doesn’t understand
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    His ignorance isn’t news, but it is important.

    By Matthew Yglesias
    Politics
    Republican Senate candidates are stuck in a Trump trap thanks to the Supreme CourtRepublican Senate candidates are stuck in a Trump trap thanks to the Supreme Court
    Politics

    Holding a seat open for the Donald means you can’t distance yourself.

    By Matthew Yglesias
    Politics
    “Donald Trump is unfit to be president … and I’m going to vote for him anyway”“Donald Trump is unfit to be president … and I’m going to vote for him anyway”
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    Politics

    Where the conservative movement finds itself today.

    By Matthew Yglesias
    Politics
    Donald Trump is the real ideological heir to George W. BushDonald Trump is the real ideological heir to George W. Bush
    Politics

    Remember “freedom fries” and the farm bill? It was all about the populist nationalism.

    By Matthew Yglesias
    Politics
    Only a Democrat can stop Trump nowOnly a Democrat can stop Trump now
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    Politics

    Republicans can’t get the job done. The other party will.

    By Matthew Yglesias
    Culture
    As Game of Thrones departs from the books, it’s also teaching us how to understand themAs Game of Thrones departs from the books, it’s also teaching us how to understand them
    Culture

    “Home” clarified a key point about the power of faith, and should be celebrated for its skepticism.

    By Matthew Yglesias

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