John Avlon is political director for Newsweek and The Daily Beast. A CNN contributor, he won the National Society of Newspaper Columnists’ award for best online column in 2012.
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Hate Rides the Subway
As New York’s anti-Muslim ads exploit our free-speech laws, they undermine its power. By John Avlon.... MORE
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Mitt's Likability Problem
Why has the Republican nominee become so intensely disliked?... MORE
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Our Toothless Watchdogs
As more and more money floods the political world, our regulations are struggling to keep up. MORE
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Will More Dems Follow Rahm?
Like Chicago’s mayor, Democrats nationally can try to develop signature policy approaches for... MORE
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The Dark Money Shuffle
The strange, opaque world of politically minded nonprofits. By John Avlon and Michael Keller. MORE
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The Super-PAC Economy
Who’s getting rich, and how they’re pulling it off. Part one of a series.... MORE
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Wisconsin’s Healthy Union Mess
John Avlon on why the state’s union battle is a fight worth having. MORE
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Dems for Education Reform
Schools are failing, and policy fault lines are beginning to shift. Maybe even in Chicago.... MORE
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‘Total Elimination of al Qaeda’
Former FBI director Ali Soufan talks the war on terror on the Sept. 11 anniversary. MORE
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A Tale of Two Conventions
The Obama iconography stood out because it is almost impossible to imagine Mitt Romney inspiring... MORE
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Obama Needs an Agenda
At the DNC, he should detail policies we can look forward to in a second Obama term, says John... MORE
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The Coming GOP Super-PAC Tsunami
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Better Off Than When, Exactly?
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ObamaCons Stay True
Romney has failed to win over many of the prominent Republicans who backed Obama in 2008.... MORE
