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Crosscut Ideas Festival: Eric Holder’s civil rights legacy
After the U.S. Supreme Court gutted the Voting Rights Act, Barack Obama's attorney general leapt into action.
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Crosscut Ideas Festival: Michael Cohen on Trump and consequences
The 45th president's personal lawyer and “fixer” pulls no punches about shady dealings and ongoing legal troubles.
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Crosscut Ideas Festival: Andrew Yang on the harm of primaries
Ranked-choice voting is a way out of paralyzing hyperpartisanship, said the 2020 presidential candidate.
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‘We can do this’: Big ideas from the Crosscut Ideas Festival
The fate of democracy, the state of the Supreme Court and the indictment of Donald Trump dominated during the day-long in-person portion of the event.
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From the culture-war crossfire, Ibram X. Kendi sees history repeat
The author and Crosscut Ideas Festival speaker says backlash to America’s ‘awokening’ is the latest iteration of past generations’ talking points.