Eight years ago a GOP president stood with black leaders to sign the act’s extension. What happened to his party?

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Matthews left MSNBC amid #MeToo allegations

A new taxpayer-funded religious school is a Christian nationalist move to destroy separation of church and state

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Human rights advocates condemn Texas governor's "cruel" attempt to "weaponize migrants"

Harry Reid is looking forward to meeting Alito -- if only to find out why the right is so excited.

The absurd Ching Chong Ding Dong Foundation of Sensitivity to Orientals or Whatever is officially closed

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Public transit is a better option.

Locals are jazzed by the swift emergency response to Hurricane Gustav. But doubts about post-Katrina repairs to the flood-control system have the city shaking.

The members of a radical leftist family lose their patriarch and are forced to cope with disillusionment and secrets in Zoe Heller's sharply etched new novel.