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The history you did not know behind the push to make the District of Columbia a new state
Why is DC second-class? Racism, writes Lindsay Beyerstein.
The Republican Party seems willing to absorb as many legislative losses as possible. Why?
The reason is as cunning as it is cynical, writes Claire Bond Potter
Massacres are what happen when a republic solves its problems by militarizing itself
Boulder is the latest in a 20-year process.
Liberals, leftists are united in believing in government. Everything else is negotiable
Jacobin imagines divisions where none exist, writes Magdi Semrau.
Chuck Todd and the anti-moral press
NBC host will be where the action is even if he must invent it.
Why is the president building bridges to the left, instead of the right? Because he must
The GOP’s rhetoric of violence gives Joe Biden little choice.
Chauvin’s attorney is back on his bullshit
A version of the fraudulent “excited delirium” play, writes Lindsay Beyerstein
Atlanta shooter’s claims—’sex addiction,’ eliminating ‘temptation,’ Christian morality—do not matter
The truth is obvious if only we dare to see, says Mia Brett.
‘Cultural left’ has gone mainstream
Compared to GOP king-lust, anti-racism looks all-American.
Ignore centrist pundits puling over leftists
Issac J. Bailey reflects on the fight over marriage equality.