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Maggie Severns

Maggie Severns is a program associate at the New America Foundation. Follow her @maggieseverns.

Protesters against dark money in "Dark Money" (Dark Money)

The hidden money funding the midterms

Derek Willis, Maggie Severns
(Reuters/Kim White)

Amazon, the tax bully

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Kaya Henderson, chancellor of the Washington, D.C., schools (AP/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Reform beyond Michelle Rhee

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Rep. Collin Peterson, ranking Democrat on the House Agriculture Committee (Reuters)

Another hidden supercommittee menace

Maggie Severns
President Barack Obama visits a Head Start Center in Yeadon, Pa. (AP/Charles Dharapak)

Obama’s tough love for Head Start

Maggie Severns