On this rainy day in New England, I’m looking back at the moment I started the Editorial Board. It was summer 2018. We were coming up on Donald Trump’s first midterm. So much was uncertain. So much was unknown. I hoped to provide some light in the darkness.

Here we are, years later, and the man I always and deliberately refer to as “the criminal former president” has been indicted on the dumbest of charges — he didn’t want to spend his own money paying Stormy Daniels to keep quiet about their pay-for-sex relationship. So he charged the bribe to his campaign.

That’s a crime.

It’s probably the most insignificant crime in a lifetime’s worth of crimes.

But there are no promises in life.

Let’s be grateful for what we have.

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(PS: here’s what we did this week. All paywalls are down. Thanks!) 

March 31, 2023 — by Claire Bond Potter

Pussy Grabs Back, Donald!

Let’s thank Stormy Daniels for her service.

March 31, 2023 — by John Stoehr

It happened. He’s indicted. But they’ll vote for him still

The misunderstood meaning of loyalty among supporters.

March 30, 2023 — by Claire Bond Potter

Waco was a pilgrimage, not a rally, for far-fight’s newest martyr

The current Branch Davidians were delighted the man they call “God’s battering ram” came to revive their cause.

March 30, 2023 — by Allison Wiltz

Why they accuse Black people of being a privileged class

If your goal is to bury the lede on affirmative action, you’ll never come to terms with the ugly truth about racism.

March 29, 2023 — by John Stoehr

Josh Hawley paves the way for outlawing ‘woke’ speech

In rightwing politics, Audrey Hale is now a radicalized trans terrorist.

March 28, 2023 — by John Stoehr

For the House Republicans, mass death is a means to an end

Government isn’t for helping people. It’s for controlling people.

March 28, 2023 — by Noah Berlatsky

Punish the hungry?

Free school lunches work.

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