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Ketanji Brown Jackson showed class. The GOP showed their ass
Apparently, CRT means “Black” now.
The ban on Russian oil and gas led to a ‘truly pivotal moment in politics.’ Is energy independence coming to America?
Putin’s “irreversible mistake” remakes the world order.
The public is recoiling at news of South Carolina reviving death by firing squad. Conservative Republicans, however, love it
What’s next? Is the state going to permit tar-and-feathering of convicted criminals? Sew scarlet letters on the shirts of adulterers?
Supporting the Editorial Board is supporting our 10 year old, too
This really is personal.
A professor of constitutional law asks: Is it time to consider ignoring the Supreme Court?
Starting a difficult conversation.
Just ignore SCOTUS? The notion is not as radical as it sounds
Even after Ketanji Brown Jackson is confirmed, we’re still going to have the same rogue court. We’re running out of time and options.
How can the UK take pride in fighting Nazis in World War II while arming neo-Nazis in Ukraine? It just doesn’t square
An explosive new development unearthed by Declassified UK.
Accountability to others is the price of freedom for ourselves. But too many Americans want democracy on the cheap
Henry David Thoreau, Jane Addams, Martin Luther King Jr and Audre Lorde knew that shared problems demand shared responsibility.
The myth of the US funding secret biolabs in Ukraine is an old Russian disinfo campaign. Rightwing dupes are falling for it
The latest smear of a US program to help former Soviet republics.
We are now seeing the restored promise of good governance
Few appreciate the significance of executive branch agencies in our government, how badly former President Trump damaged them.