Ben Burgis is a Jacobin columnist, an adjunct philosophy professor at Rutgers University, and the host of the YouTube show and podcast Give Them An Argument. He’s the author of several books, most recently Christopher Hitchens: What He Got Right, How He Went Wrong, and Why He Still Matters.
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The Devastatingly Simple Answer to Why Cori Bush Lost
Wealthy pro-Israel donors drove Rep. Cori Bush out of office because she thinks Palestinians’ lives matter.
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