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If it can go wrong, it will go wrong. In the meantime, be kind
An appreciation for my father-in-law.
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Kyle Rittenhouse’s actions fit into a long history of state-supported white vigilantism in America
His defense hopes to capitalize on white panic.
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Richard Wright, Ralph Ellison and the sensibility of freedom
A 76-year-old essay teaches us how to be free.
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Throw Veterans Day away
Vonnegut was right. Armistice Day was better.
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Whiteness is working hard to vindicate Kyle Rittenhouse
Please don’t pity him.
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John Eastman’s manual for state violence
War games often reveal more about the players than they do about the future, and this exercise is no exception.
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Political violence is always already normal. The question is how much do we celebrate it? Paul Gosar has a suggestion
Someone somewhere must be punished.
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Has the press corps learned nothing?
Journalism, when done right, should change a person.
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‘I sincerely hope Joe Biden isn’t getting up every morning and wondering: “What can I do to get the white vote today?”’
The flipside of Thursday’s post.
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Can Biden and the Democrats beat white supremacy by spending trillions? The results from Virginia don’t inspire hope
Rethinking a presumed truth.
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Your friendly neighborhood sociologist: Police are trained to be ‘violence workers,’ but their job also requires non-violence
The police reform debate needs a reset.
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This is what the Republican Party does so well. It exploits white supremacy to divide and conquer a republican union
What are we going to do now?