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Glenn Grothman is very bad, or very good, at explaining why the GOP opposes DC statehood
Don't know the Wisconsin congressman? Bless you, says Rev. Daniel Schultz.
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Vaccines are the welfare state's crowning achievement. Naturally, the right hates them
If that’s how they want it, fine, says Lindsay Beyerstein.
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Last night's speech made clear Joe Biden is the most republican president in half a century
Every president since Reagan has focused on individuals. Not Biden.
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Intellectual conservatives seem to be redefining conservatism for make-believe Republicans
No GOP constituency for race-neutral policy, writes Christopher Jon Sprigman
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See through the GOP's lies to the conscious authoritarian intent to injure the republic
The point is instability, chaos and, yes, feeling crazy.
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For survivors of childhood trauma, SCOTUS affirmed what they believe secretly but must fight every day
Brett Kavanaugh's message? You're right to despair.
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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.