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Chile Has Entered Its Thermidorian Period

Marcelo Casals, Translation by Nicolas Allen Jacobin
The far right’s victory in elections for the Constitutional Council may be the death knell for a progressive constitution in Chile. It’s also a needed wake-up call for the Chilean left.

Sunday Science: GIVING HEART

Jennifer Couzin-Frankel Science
A new procedure for donating hearts and other organs is saving lives. But for some it challenges the definition of death.

Dems’ Old Formula Is a Big 2024 Risk

David Sirota The Lever
Dems’ are settling on the same playbook: shifting right, crushing a primary, and hoping demoralized voters are repulsed by the GOP

Biden Anxiety

Harold Meyerson American Prospect
Though the public thinks he’s too old to serve a second term, Joe Biden keeps getting older. What should the Democrats do?

Florida Teachers Besieged by Draconian Laws

Steven Greenhouse The Guardian
Teachers say they’re feeling more disrespected, unappreciated and under attack than ever before by new laws championed by Governor Ron DeSantis