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Paul Waldman

Paul Waldman is a freelance journalist, former Washington Post columnist, and author of the newsletter The Cross Section. His latest book is White Rural Rage: The Threat to American Democracy.
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April 11, 2024
Paul Waldman, Tom Schaller
An Honest Assessment of Rural White Resentment Is Long Overdue
We say very clearly that rural America is hurting. But we refuse to justify attitudes that some scholars try to underplay.
January 25, 2024
Paul Waldman
Nikki Haley Is Going to Lay into Trump, and It Will Be Great to Watch
When Biden attacks Trump, it’s dog bites man. But when Haley hits him, it’s news. And she can remind voters of all the bad things about Trump they’ve forgotten.
December 13, 2023
Paul Waldman
Liz Magill Was Practice. The Right Really Wants to Get Claudine Gay.
These mostly bogus plagiarism charges are the latest blunt weapon in the right’s war on universities as poisoners of young people’s minds.

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