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When it came to immigration, legal and illegal, Donald Trump was his own worst enemy
María Isabel Puerta Riera explains why “America First” put America last.
Purposeful and pernicious centuries-deep racial discrimination is real and we can’t wish it away
Issac J. Bailey explains why he gave up on colorblindness
The ‘slippery slope’ Republicans fear most
It doesn’t slide into tyranny. It slides into freedom, for all.
Why conservatives love ‘the slippery slope’
Claire Bond Potter says it teaches Americans to fear government.
No, Ashley Vanderbilt did not escape Q
The terrible conclusion CNN did not report.
Hello, this is Hades
Our mascot is back.
The rape of the republic, felt but unsaid
Linking the assault of the body politic to the assault of a woman’s body.
Why Marjorie Taylor Greene could look a Parkland massacre survivor in the eye and call him ‘a coward’
What suffering and empathy tell us about politics.
Why would the Republicans punish Marjorie Taylor Greene? She’s doing what she’s supposed to do
Sadism, it bears repeating, is the point.
The Democrats’ ‘big, strong, bold’ action should include efforts to renew loyalty to the republic
Reframing the question of doing too little or too much.