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The Rittenhouse verdict isn’t a win for self-defense. It’s another example of white men having better rights than the rest of us
American history has plenty examples of whole classes of people that were explicitly excluded from claiming self-defense in court.
Our crisis is one of humility
Pride, shame, hate, violence, fascism — all from the same source.
The Republicans are taking their terror campaign to the next level
The Wisconsin GOP is mad about election officials following the law.
In America, political violence is normal. So normal it’s invisible
It should always be on people’s minds.
Welcome newbies!
Slight change of schedule
Biden’s policies are more popular than he is. For the first time in the modern era, the link between president and agenda is broken
How the press distorts political reality.
Kyle Rittenhouse, Audre Lorde and the rage of righteousness
Still in search of democratic responsibility.
Time to grieve
Thanks for understanding.
A 150-year-old anti-Klan law is being used in lawsuit against organizers of Unite the Right
By using the Ku Klux Klan Act, or the Enforcement Act of 1871, the suit links the alt-right to a century and a half of white violence.
How the right profanes valor
The problem of “fallen heroes.”