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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.
The problem isn’t that judges are too liberal or too conservative. It’s that judges are too powerful
Save access to abortion via democracy, writes Christopher Jon Sprigman
Maybe we should take cops’ guns away
The people we trust to keep the peace don’t.
White Americans feared they’d one day become victims of the monstrous capitalism they built
Then it happened. That’s the real “economic anxiety.”
A voting law doesn’t have to mention race to disenfranchise voters according to race
Mia Brett explains why America needs HR1.
What North Carolina’s newest anti-trans bill says about the lopsided alliance pushing for it
Lindsay Beyerstein explains the politics of TERFs.
Senior Trump administration officials sabotaged public understanding of the covid. Drag ’em
We must demand some kind of justice.