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‘Anti-woke’ critics are not defending free speech. They’re defending the status quo from ordinary, democratic politics
The true choice has always been the politics of reform or the politics of the status quo. Both, however, are products of democracy.
Who needs affirmative action when we have racism?
Leveraging white power can produce the same results.
Pot pardons aren’t meaningless, but they aren’t enough either
The racist consequences of the “war on drugs” are still with us.
Democracy isn’t the only thing on the ballot. So are criminals
Replacing a democratic rule of law with a fascist one.
For white evangelical Protestants, power is religion
Herschel Walker’s hypocrisy won’t deter their vote.
Will a jury finally convict white insurrectionists?
The government’s case is strong. But history is against it.
The ‘crisis of masculinity’ is the absence of a rich inner life
Most think the solution is ramping up “manliness.” It’s not.
Herschel Walker could abort a baby on Peachtree Street and not lose a single voter
The scandal tells Georgia Republicans what they need to know.
Why the Republicans don’t bother running on anything
Problems, for the Republicans, don’t need policy solutions. What are they going to stand for when the problem is multiracial democracy?
The Tories cut taxes for the rich and crashed the British pound. Will the Republicans here learn from their mistake? Nah
They’re eager for their turn.