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Anti-woke liberals want to be heard and not dismissed. They deserve this. But they need to exercise a bit of humility first
Even so, progressives must engage with left-leaning, intellectual anti-wokes. They are our once and future political allies.
The campaign against trans weightlifter Laurel Hubbard isn’t about gender. It’s about conservative fear-mongering
Encouraging voters to fear transgender women as a threat to the right to compete fairly is yet another big lie.
In the face of authoritarianism, don’t lose hope. Normal partisan politics can save democracy
The Dems are pushing a fault line within the GOP to its breaking point.
The least vaccinated religious group is also the most likely to believe in conspiracy theories
White evangelical apologists blame the young and the secular, though.
The governor’s breakup message: It’s not me, it’s you
You see, Andrew Cuomo wasn’t preying on the troopers; he was thanking them. That’s just the kind of guy he is.
Anti-vaxxers are covering up their bad choices with ‘freedom of choice.’ Don’t let them
They discredit themselves when they cite “reasons” for refusing to get vaccinated. Yet we keep on trusting them. That’s dangerous.
When it comes to treatment of Haitians, there’s little difference between Biden and Trump
By sending them back to poverty, detainment, persecution or worse, the US forfeits the moral high ground regarding human rights.
The 14th Amendment does not make abortion unconstitutional
There’s little evidence writers of the 14th Amendment considered fetuses or abortion or pregnancy or really even women.
Why is anti-vaccination emerging as a distinctly right-wing phenomenon across the globe?
They were made for each other.
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