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Donald Trump’s fantasies of racial violence reflect an all-too-real history
Chauncey DeVega
Trump's white supremacist rhetoric conjures up some of American history's darkest crimes. That's not accidental
Trump’s “love letters” from Kim Jong-un spirited from White House, seized at Mar-a-Lago: report
Igor Derysh
Boxes of White House documents that had to be preserved under federal law were found at Trump's Palm Beach resort
How the “critical race theory” moral panic morphed into book-banning frenzy
Thom Hartmann
The attack on CRT isn't about teaching history. It's about the right's desire to destroy public education
What voting rights mean for the planet
Derrick Z. Jackson
The inextricable link between voting rights and environmental justice
Are the Democrats in trouble? Gallup editor on what those bad-news polls really mean
Chauncey DeVega
Gallup senior editor Jeffrey Jones on the big Republican gain: The real story is that Americans hate both parties
GOP senator thinks Biden’s “woke” SCOTUS pick won’t know “law book from a J.Crew catalog”
Igor Derysh
Louisiana Sen. John Kennedy worries Biden’s nominee will “rewrite Constitution” to “advance a woke agenda”
Right’s attack on “critical race theory” goes back decades — but media hasn’t noticed
Chauncey DeVega
As Sergio Munoz of Media Matters explains, CRT panic is the latest chapter in a long assault on civil rights
Should Breyer’s Supreme Court replacement have a term limit?
Paul M. Collins, Jr., Artemus Ward
Supreme Court justices in the U.S. enjoy life tenure, but it has had unforeseen consequences
The center cannot hold: Manchin and Sinema are wrecking America — here’s how to beat them
Paul Rosenberg
"Centrism," as those two mean it, is a catastrophic misreading of political reality. We need an entirely new model
Why the right sees Biden’s promise of a Black woman on the Supreme Court as an attack
Amanda Marcotte
Right-wing media doesn't need a name to know their narrative: Any Black female nominee is inherently unsuitable
Coming Supreme Court battle: Moment of reckoning for Biden — and America
Brian Karem
Breyer's replacement won't shift the balance of power. But how this goes may tell us whether America can be saved
Peter Dinklage pushes Disney’s “Snow White” remake to rethink “f**king backward” dwarf depictions
Joy Saha
Perhaps the new version will give actual human names and personalities to the generous men who take in the runaway
Bill Maher reveals how Democrats can fight fire with fire and give Barack Obama a third term
John Wright
It's time to move the current president "into a more ceremonial role," the talk show host said Friday
Donald Trump calls for racial violence: White supremacists are listening, but the media laughs
Chauncey DeVega
While the media congratulated itself for mocking or ignoring Trump's Arizona rally, he spread vicious racist lies
America’s new class war: Organized labor is back
Chris Hedges
Forget the "woke" Democrats and timid union leaders. Workers across the country are standing up and fighting back
America’s deepest and most dangerous divide isn’t between Democrats and Republicans
Richard Eckersley
Americans long for personal and social transformation — but mainstream politics and media are trapped in the past
Trump abruptly ends interview after NPR journalist grills him on GOP’s Big Lie
Jon Skolnik
Trump hangs up on NPR journalist when questioned about 2020 election conspiracy
What would Jesus actually do? He’d never give up on the “deplorables”
Nathaniel Manderson
Humility and empathy toward those who have wronged you isn't easy. But there's no other way forward for America
Sidney Poitier, considered Hollywood’s first Black matinee idol, has died at 94
Alison Stine
He's the first Black actor to win a leading role Oscar, and many of his films were considered ahead of their time
The meaning of words: Orwell, Didion, Trump and the death of language
John Berthelsen
Orwell wrote that political speech was "largely the defense of the indefensible" — in 1946. Little did he know
Democrats feared gerrymandering bloodbath — but new analysis finds “surprisingly” good news for them
Alex Henderson
Nevertheless, Democrats are still quite likely to lose control of the House in 2022
Why they hate him: Dr. Fauci triggers the right because he reveals their deepest insecurities
Amanda Marcotte
The GOP's obsession with Dr. Fauci reveals the deep insecurities driving the movement
Biden doesn’t need Manchin: 5 executive actions he can take right now to build back better
Amanda Marcotte
Congress is broken. But the White House can still do plenty to fix national problems and restore Biden's popularity
America in 2021: From the end of empire to the prospect of a new civil war
Anis Shivani
Democrats had a supposed majority — and revealed their fatal weakness. History, and the pandemic, kept on going
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