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The history you did not know behind the push to make the District of Columbia a new state
Why is DC second-class? Racism, writes Lindsay Beyerstein.
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The Republican Party seems willing to absorb as many legislative losses as possible. Why?
The reason is as cunning as it is cynical, writes Claire Bond Potter
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Liberals, leftists are united in believing in government. Everything else is negotiable
Jacobin imagines divisions where none exist, writes Magdi Semrau.
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Chauvin's attorney is back on his bullshit
A version of the fraudulent "excited delirium" play, writes Lindsay Beyerstein
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Atlanta shooter’s claims—'sex addiction,' eliminating 'temptation,' Christian morality—do not matter
The truth is obvious if only we dare to see, says Mia Brett.
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Ignore centrist pundits puling over leftists
Issac J. Bailey reflects on the fight over marriage equality.
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There's a growing body of evidence showing the Republican Party has a paramilitary wing
María Isabel Puerta Riera explains how we got here.
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Why does the right insist Biden is senile?
Why it's not about his age.
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No 'Hyde' in American Rescue Act. That's a BFD
Democrats step toward ending funding restrictions on abortion.
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The GOP's push to restore Jim Crow
María Isabel Puerta Riera explains democracy's great threat.
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When the chips are down, you can count on the Democrats to come through. The GOP? Nah
Issac J. Bailey explains why Mitt Romney the Statesman isn't.
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Why right-wing fetishes are never benign
Lindsay Beyerstein explains a relentlessly false GOP narrative.