Insurgent candidates like Cori Bush are tapping Piker as a campaign surrogate — but they still face an uphill battle to winning.

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The Supreme Court Ends Multiracial Democracy as We Know It 

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As Tennessee eliminated its only majority-Black district, journalist Ari Berman and Tennessee state Rep. Justin J. Pearson explain how SCOTUS enabled the right’s “power grab.”
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Hasan Piker Is the Democrats’ New Man on the Trail, Whether They Like It or Not

Devin Thomas O’Shea

Insurgent candidates like Cori Bush are tapping Piker as a campaign surrogate — but they still face an uphill battle to winning.
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