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The ‘migration crisis’ is a complete fiction
The Republicans are making legal action seem illegal.
The market is becoming less useful to Republicans. The long marriage of convenience is over
Mitch McConnell was never really a fan, writes Magdi Semrau
America does not have to wait for the next insurgency. We’re still living in the first one
Political violence has been optional since 2012.
The history that went into killing Adam Toledo
Most of us think policing was invented to deal with crime. Not so, says Mia Brett.
Q is exposed. Will he face consequences?
Probably not, writes Lindsay Beyerstein. Lying isn’t a crime.
Pro-life politics isn’t as moral as you think
It sidesteps, or accepts as necessary, a profound moral problem.
There will be no justice as long as people refuse to see the anti-Black racism behind the injustice
Issac J. Bailey explains what’s so hard for some white people to see.
We’re drifting closer to rule by judges
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Militarized police should not be seen as normal and, therefore, acceptable parts of democratic life
These are small armies occupying American cities.
Better to be popular than bipartisan
The press corps fears being on the outside looking in.