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Why we can’t quit polling
Our love of public opinion surveys and data science reflects an aspect of American politics that’s at least skewed, at most broken.
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Vaccine holdouts are caving. Lesson for liberals? Respond to authoritarianism with force
They want to be told what to do.
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Voting against the full faith and credit of the United States is what you'd expect from the party of political sabotage
The GOP’s war-like hostility isn't old news. It drives the news.
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Do the Democrats have the incentive to attack not only the court's conservatives but the court's legitimacy? It seems so
Let's hope its polling slump is permanent.
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What would justice look like if all missing women got the attention Gabby Petito did?
An estimated 64,000-75,000 Black women and girls are missing.
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Efforts at 'border security’ punish the powerless and empower the powerful. It does what the 'war on drugs' was designed to do
Start with the fact that it's a Republican premise.
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Haitians should not be sent to Guantanamo
Nobody should.
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On the debt ceiling fight, the Republicans are humiliating the Democrats. Does Joe Manchin’s party have any pride?
So far, the answer seems to be no.
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The Eastman memo is another reason why we badly need election reform. It’s also reason why reform won't be enough
New laws won't stop people who hold themselves above the law.
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Your neighborhood sociologist: The people who share this earth with you are saying something. So lean into 'cancel culture'
Instead of howling madly about “wokism."
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The Durham indictment isn't about justice. It's about sending a ‘stop snitching’ message
Snitches might get indicted.
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'Law and order' doesn't mean keeping 10,000 Haitians out. It means letting them all in. It's keeping them out that's lawless
No, this isn’t about public health.