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The authoritarian right of the United States has adopted the political discourse of monarchy
The French Revolution helps us understand why, writes Matt Gabriele.
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The Republicans are hoping a white backlash will deliver victory in 2022. It's not working so far
Maybe history isn't on their side after all.
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Bill Cosby spent more time in jail than 97 percent of rapists who never spend a day behind bars
Why is due process needed to believe woman? asks Mia Brett.
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The will of the American people is becoming less important than the will of a Republican high court
In its latest ruling, SCOTUS internalizes Donald Trump's Big Lie.
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Why is it so hard to believe bats started covid?
Lindsay Beyerstein on Zeynep Tufekci's contrarian nonsense.
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Finally, the beast is dead
Erik Loomis writes Donald Rumsfeld's obituary.
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That the GOP distorts 'wokeness' isn't surprising. What's surprising is when legitimate critics do
Magdi Semrau explains three ways "anti-woke" critics get social reform wrong.
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How can the same people criticize Black athletes for 'disrespecting' the flag but support insurrection?
The answer is about more than racism.
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Our politics should revive the old democratic contempt for this country's wannabe aristocrats
The valorization of wealth against the valorization of work.
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Does being a billionaire mean being a liar?
ProPublica has tax returns suggesting an answer.
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America's dam problems • meritocracy myth • Biden's border • united working class • where are the Black people, Mr. Packer? • war on women • Britney Spears' disability
The weekend edition of the Editorial Board!
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Britney Spears joins a long US history of eugenics and forced sterilization of those with disabilities
Buck v. Bell has never been overturned, writes Mia Brett.