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Why it's legal in 19 states to physically assault kids
Last month, a principal "paddled" a child in front of her undocumented mother.
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No, Mr. President. The Republicans have figured out who they are and what they stand for. And it's bad
When will Joe Biden stop being surprised?
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Nikki Haley's illustration of white fragility
She's made a career of comforting white people, writes Issac J. Bailey.
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The memory-holing of Trump's putsch
Neither Pearl Harbor nor 9/11 were as bad.
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The very rich are overruling democratic progress. That should renew the old American contempt
Americans used to reject the idea of nobility. We haven't for a long time.
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White supremacy is about systems, not intentions. Joe Biden seems to understand the difference
God willing he'll inspire others to see it, too, writes Rev. Daniel Schultz
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Wokeness is good. It always has been
Manipulation of wokeness, however, is bad, writes Magdi Semrau
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Liz Cheney is betting 'the former guy' won't be the GOP's kingmaker, or king, for very much longer
Can the House GOP's No. 3 finish what she started? asks Claire Bond Potter.
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The stink of treason clings to the GOP
Big profit-seeking corporations can smell it, same as everyone else.
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Is America a racist country? It's not a statement of fact so much as an assertion of public morality
The president and the vice president said the right thing.
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The United States was not founded as a Christian nation, but it acted like one for much of its history
Some on the left are wrong. Most on the right are more wrong, writes Mia Brett.
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Fighting vaccines is fighting reasonableness. The Republicans are pretending they don't know that
Normal people will never embrace sadism.