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Justice Brett Kavanaugh shows that without democracy conservatism turns into barbarism
Punching down never felt so good.
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America’s demographic cake is baked
Anti-immigrant pseudoscience will fail again, says Ray Suarez.
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George Floyd’s Black body was on trial
Magdi Semrau explains the racist history behind Derek Chauvin's defense.
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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.
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There was a brief time when civil courts could force cops to pay damages. Then SCOTUS stepped in
Legal historian Mia Brett explains how we got here.
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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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Maxine Waters understands why violence from an armed-agent of the state is existential
She shouldn't have said it, but she wasn't wrong, writes Issac J. Bailey.
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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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Capitol cop Brian Sicknick died of natural causes, but don't kid yourself. The insurgency killed him
It might not be murder, but his assailants hastened his death.
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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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ICE and the Border Patrol consume $20B a year, but have not made us safer. Just the opposite
The threat is not coming from outsiders.
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The 'migration crisis' is a complete fiction
The Republicans are making legal action seem illegal.