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Sasha Abramsky

Sasha Abramsky is a Nation magazine contributing writer, and a senior fellow at Demos. He is the author, most recently, of "Inside Obama’s Brain." He lives in Sacramento, California.

People gather to protest the treatment of immigrants in detention centers during the "Lights for Liberty: A Vigil to End Human Concentration Camps" event in El Paso, Texas, on July 12, 2019 (Getty/ LUKE MONTAVON)

Ten actions Biden can take to undo Trump’s war on immigrants

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Trump wants to punish U.S. cities that don’t pledge allegiance to him

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FILE - In this Oct. 6, 2015 file photo, the HealthCare.gov website, where people can buy health insurance, is displayed on a laptop screen in Washington. A new report is confirming that fewer people than expected are taking advantage of subsidies to purchase health insurance under the Affordable Care Act. The Congressional Budget Office study, based on updated enrollment figures up through last month, says that 11 million people are likely to purchase subsidized policies under the health care law, down about 4 million from estimates issued early last year. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File) (AP)

California needs to step up: Why millions of residents have fallen into health care gaps

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The South killed the safety net

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File - In this Sept. 28, 2010, file photo President Barack Obama speaks to a rally at the University of Wisconsin in Madison, Wis. Few states handed Democrats bigger losses in the midterm elections than Wisconsin, even though President Obama campaigned actively there. But the president will be back again Wednesday, this time to road-test the themes from his State of the Union message. (AP Photo/Morry Gash, File) (AP)

Mr. President: Use the damn bully pulpit!

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The State of the Union message Obama must deliver

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FILE- In this Jan. 30, 2008 file photo, radio personality Rush Limbaugh arrives for a screening of Bernard and Doris at the Time Warner Center in New York. According to the genealogists at Ancestry.com, President Barack Obama is apparently related to Limbaugh a discovery they made when looking for connections between political foes. (AP Photo/Gary He, file) (AP)

Counterfeit populism and its real cost

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I guess Rush didn’t like my column

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U.S. President Barack Obama holds a post-election news conference in the East Room of the White House in Washington, November 3, 2010. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS ELECTIONS) (© Kevin Lamarque / Reuters)

Obama’s toughest task: Make us believe again

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Sen.-elect Marco Rubio, R-Fla.

The GOP’s deceptive mandate

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