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Simone Biles just needed to rest
Sticks and stones break bones, but words hurt, too.
Everyone’s already subsidizing cars. How about we subsidize more and better public transit instead?
Let’s stop neglecting this no-brainer.
For all its sophistication, the Washington press corps exhibits a startling degree of naivete.
Lying isn’t a means to an agenda. For the GOP, it’s the agenda.
Everyone presumes a backlash is coming for the Democrats. The electorate has changed, though
Consider “law and order.”
For women shut out of the criminal system, civil litigation is a powerful tool for accountability
A criminal court is not the only place to support their voices.
On Cuba, Biden must keep his promise
Lift sanctions. End the embargo. Empower the Cuban people.
Do we want to be the kind of people who turn our backs on vaccine resistors and say ‘Let ’em die’?
Be angry. But keep listening.
The moment Capitol police honored their oath to put country over party is the moment they became partisans for America
The meaning of partisanship is rapidly changing.
The Republicans have made being an American a partisan issue. There are now two clear sides
That’s the inescapable conclusion from Tuesday’s testimony.
‘A hit man sent them.’ Police testify for the first day of House hearings on the January 6 insurrection
You couldn’t ask for a clearer mandate.