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<title><![CDATA[Osita Nwanevu - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/35084.xml</link><description><![CDATA[Osita Nwanevu]]></description><category domain="35084">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[Who Owns the Declaration of Independence?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/owns-declaration-independence-100000911.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Osita Nwanevu</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Last year, The Atlantic reported that President Donald Trump had queried advisers about putting the delicate original copy of the Declaration of Independence on display in the Oval Office.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[What Jesse Jackson Taught Democrats]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/what-jesse-jackson-taught-democrats/ar-AA1WzU9n</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 22 Feb 2026 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Osita Nwanevu</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Rev. Jesse Jackson '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' a titanic civil rights leader, politician, and activist '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' died on Tuesday at the age of 84.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Democratic Primaries for 2028 Already Under Way]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jul/18/democrat-presidential-race-2028</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Osita Nwanevu</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Every American presidential campaign is many years in the making. So, what'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s the state of the 2028 primary race now?]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[How Did BLM Movement Change the World?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/may/25/how-did-2020s-black-lives-matter-movement-change-the-world-panel</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 25 May 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Osita Nwanevu</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Five years ago, George Floyd was murdered by a police officer in Minneapolis. Writers and activists from Brazil to Berlin talk about the protests, hope and disappointment that followed]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Do Democrats Need To Moderate To Win?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.vox.com/politics/389663/why-kamala-harris-lost-democrats-moderation-populism</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 06 Dec 2024 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Osita Nwanevu</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Recently, I argued that progressives were wrong to see Kamala Harris'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s defeat as proof that Democrats have little to gain from moderation. Osita Nwanevu, a contributor to the New Republic and author of the forthcoming book The Right of the People, has made one of the most...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Harris Campaign Juggles Joy With Gravity]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/sep/23/us-election-harris-campaign-juggles-joy-gravity</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 24 Sep 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Osita Nwanevu</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Ridicule should remain an important part of Harris's playbook as Trump's campaign continues to spew execrable lies]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Who Is In Charge in the Biden White House?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.thenation.com/article/culture/joe-biden-last-politician-franklin-foer/</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 12 Mar 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Osita Nwanevu</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In The Last Politician, Franklin Foer offers a portrait of an administration at odds with itself.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Donald Trump&rsquo;s Prosecution Is a Triumph]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/apr/05/trump-indictment-law-crime-former-presidents</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 05 Apr 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Osita Nwanevu</author>
							<description><![CDATA[While there's not even a theoretical bar to prosecuting a president once they leave office, Alvin Bragg has bravely taken a stand]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why Dems Outperformed Election Expectations]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/nov/10/why-democrats-had-best-midterms-presidents-party-years</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 11 Nov 2022 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Osita Nwanevu</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Biden's approval rating stands at about 41%, yet the Democrats performed far better than many had expected]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Dems' Best Midterm Message: Democracy's in Peril]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/sep/07/democrats-midterms-democracy-republicans</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 07 Sep 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Osita Nwanevu</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Republicans efforts to delegitimize the electoral process should trouble us greatly. Democrats ought to hammer this home]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Will Democrats Fight to Save Democracy?]]></title>
							<link>https://newrepublic.com/article/165936/will-democrats-fight-save-democracy</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 18 Apr 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Osita Nwanevu</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Legislative battles are fronts in a larger'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'and winnable'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'ideological war.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Biden's Admin Is In Shambles. It's Not Entirely His Fault]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/jan/21/bidens-administration-is-in-shambles-its-not-entirely-his-fault</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 22 Jan 2022 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Osita Nwanevu</author>
							<description><![CDATA[While Biden has made mistakes, his biggest obstacles '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' such as electoral biases built into the US system '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' are not his doing]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA['Law and Order' Backlash Against Biden Is a Mirage]]></title>
							<link>https://newrepublic.com/article/159254/law-order-backlash-biden-mirage</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 06 Sep 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Osita Nwanevu</author>
							<description><![CDATA[New polls show that the premature consensus about Trump's rhetoric was wrong'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'for now, anyway.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Disappearing Backlash to Black Lives Matter]]></title>
							<link>https://outline.com/YM45jv</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Osita Nwanevu</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Over two weeks after the protests against the killing of George Floyd began, America remains firmly in the year 2020'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'1968, with its sustained chaos and broad white backlash, is still a distant memory and, one hopes, a less potent allusion for our times.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Go For the Jugular, Joe Biden]]></title>
							<link>https://newrepublic.com/article/157104/go-jugular-joe-biden</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Osita Nwanevu</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Instead of giving Trump wise advice on the coronavirus crisis, the Democratic frontrunner ought to attack his incompetence.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump's Deranged Push to Reopen the Country]]></title>
							<link>https://outline.com/Zm3WWc</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 28 Mar 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Osita Nwanevu</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Reports began emerging earlier this week that President Donald Trump has been getting restless about the severity of the nation'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s response to the coronavirus pandemic, worrying both that the crisis would continue to occupy his attention well into the remainder of the year and that...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[After Bernie, Left Can Expand Its Appeal &amp; Change the Party]]></title>
							<link>https://newrepublic.com/article/156982/bernie</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Osita Nwanevu</author>
							<description><![CDATA[How the left can expand its appeal and change the Democratic Party]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[How Bernie Sanders Can Reboot His Campaign]]></title>
							<link>https://newrepublic.com/article/156819/rebooting-bernie-sanders</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 08 Mar 2020 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Osita Nwanevu</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The Vermont Senator has precious little time to retool a campaign that's gone sideways.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Joe Biden's Frantic Defense of the Status Quo]]></title>
							<link>https://newrepublic.com/article/155749/joe-bidens-frantic-defense-status-quo</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 18 Nov 2019 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Osita Nwanevu</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The former vice president's unending promises of reconciling with Republicans may be designed to forestall a future of radical demands.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Joe Biden's Case for the Presidency Is Collapsing]]></title>
							<link>https://newrepublic.com/article/155317/joe-bidens-case-presidency-collapsing</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 09 Oct 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Osita Nwanevu</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The former vice president believes he can restore comity between the parties, but Trump's impeachment is proving him wrong.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Sinners in the Hands of an Angry Greta Thunberg]]></title>
							<link>https://newrepublic.com/article/155170/sinners-hands-angry-greta-thunberg</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 27 Sep 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Osita Nwanevu</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Many of the Swedish climate activist's putative allies aren't down for the cause. They're simply hoping to be absolved.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The 'Cancel Culture' Con]]></title>
							<link>https://newrepublic.com/article/155141/cancel-culture-con-dave-chappelle-shane-gillis</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 23 Sep 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Osita Nwanevu</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Dave Chappelle, Shane Gillis, and other alleged victims would rather scold their critics than come up with fresh material.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Case to Impeach Trump for Bigotry]]></title>
							<link>https://www.newyorker.com/news/our-columnists/the-case-to-impeach-trump-for-bigotry</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 29 May 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Osita Nwanevu</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Politics aside, Democrats have to confront the possibly na'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('ƒ').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('¯').';'ve question of whether impeaching Trump is the right thing to do, even if it seems politically unpopular.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[A Decisive Year for the Fight Against Climate Change]]></title>
							<link>https://www.newyorker.com/news/our-columnists/a-decisive-year-for-the-sunrise-movement-and-the-green-new-deal</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Osita Nwanevu</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The organization, with the help of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, has helped to push climate change to the center of American politics.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[2020 Democrats and the Politics of Consensus]]></title>
							<link>https://www.newyorker.com/news/our-columnists/notions-of-bipartisanship-in-the-2020-presidential-race</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 24 Mar 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Osita Nwanevu</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The American political divide rests between a significant majority of the American population and a conservative minority that is both disproportionately empowered by our political institutions and incorrigibly opposed to Democratic policies.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Surprising Success of Criminal Justice Reform]]></title>
							<link>https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/the-improbable-success-of-a-criminal-justice-reform-bill-under-trump</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 19 Dec 2018 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Osita Nwanevu</author>
							<description><![CDATA[That the First Step Act has advanced this far under President Trump reflects the purchase criminal-justice reform has gained among not only Democrats but also conservative Republicans.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Democrats and the Feinstein Problem]]></title>
							<link>https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2018/06/californias-primary-showed-why-the-democratic-party-is-stuck-in-place.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jun 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Osita Nwanevu</author>
							<description><![CDATA[California'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s primary showed why the Democratic Party is stuck in place.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Liberals, Don't Heed Calls Give Up on Identity Politics]]></title>
							<link>https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2018/05/liberals-are-plenty-nice.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Osita Nwanevu</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The hand-wringing about whether liberals should be more accommodating misses the point.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[When 'Free Speech' Is a Marketing Ploy]]></title>
							<link>https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2018/03/when-campus-free-speech-is-a-marketing-ploy.html?via=homepage_taps_bottom</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 25 Mar 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Osita Nwanevu</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Kids Are Right to Stamp Out Charles Murray's Speech]]></title>
							<link>http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/cover_story/2017/03/there_s_nothing_outrageous_about_stamping_out_bigoted_speech.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 13 Mar 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Osita Nwanevu</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Charles Murray, an author and political scientist, was scheduled to give a lecture at Middlebury College earlier this month. Murray is best known for co-authoring The Bell Curve, a book published in 1994 in which he argued that blacks are less intelligent than white people. On March 2, a...]]></description>
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