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David Brooks is maddening but he has an important role to play in moving the needle of progress
No one represents better the conventional wisdom of respectable white people.
John Stoehr
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The Chauvin verdict isn't a turning point in equal justice. But it does suggest a new political norm
Compromising with liars is no longer respectable.
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What Derek Chauvin's conviction in the murder of George Floyd tells us about liberal patriotism
It’s incoherent to those confusing love of country for love of the status quo.
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Odds are in favor of Chauvin's acquittal
White people usually don't see that killing people is key to policing.
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The 'migration crisis' is a complete fiction
The Republicans are making legal action seem illegal.
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America does not have to wait for the next insurgency. We’re still living in the first one
Political violence has been optional since 2012.
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Pro-life politics isn't as moral as you think
It sidesteps, or accepts as necessary, a profound moral problem.
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Militarized police should not be seen as normal and, therefore, acceptable parts of democratic life
These are small armies occupying American cities.
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Better to be popular than bipartisan
The press corps fears being on the outside looking in.
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Maybe we should take cops' guns away
The people we trust to keep the peace don't.
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Senior Trump administration officials sabotaged public understanding of the covid. Drag 'em
We must demand some kind of justice.
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Will the big business wing of the Republican Party stop the GOP's retreat from the national stage?
Mitch McConnell's backflipping provides a clue.