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Ben Jacobs is a journalist living in New York. He is a former reporter for Newsweek/The Daily Beast and contributor to the Boston Globe editorial page. Follow him on Twitter @bencjacobs.

John Conyers (AP/J. Scott Applewhite)

John Conyers: A relic’s last stand

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Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren faces reporters during a campaign stop at a diner in Shrewsbury, Mass., April 29, 2012. (AP/Steven Senne)

Warren regains her footing

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Gay marriage supporters at the Capitol in Des Moines, Iowa. (AP/Charlie Neibergall)

Iowa: Where gay marriage still matters

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