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Rolling Stone adds to ProPublica report showing the Trump White House was warned about potential violence on January 6
But proceed with caution
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Ray Suarez: In a browning America, the 'statuary gap'
What race is an allegorical figure?
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What is gerrymandering and why does a democracy allow it to be used to protect white power?
A legal history of congressional district map-making.
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America is growing skeptical of the Gospel of Big Business
Are tax breaks for Amazon tribute or sacrifice?
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New York can now celebrate Thomas Jefferson’s ideals without idolizing the slave holder himself
The City Council is taking down the memorial to him.
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How are we going to explain to Haitian kids what the US did to their parents? That democracy is a nice idea, applicable to some?
America’s insatiable paranoia over border security.
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Let's rethink what it means to be entitled, because it doesn't mean what Joe Manchin says it means
It shouldn’t be negative and we should be proud.
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His life made the world worse
Colin Powell, 1937-2021.
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Preventing felons from voting is just how it is, right? Wrong. There’s a history. There were choices. And we can change it.
With our democracy under siege, we should use all legal arguments to restore voting rights to as many people as possible.
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The biggest teacher lobbies aren't doing enough to elevate cultural esteem for teachers. They'd be paid more if they did
Calling out the National Education Association et al.
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Death-threat squads harass voting administrators out of their jobs, clearing way for election theft. It’s a slow-motion coup
“They’re playing the long game.”
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Why politicians dawdle when it comes to regulating Facebook
It is the linchpin of a digital universe where it is always election season.