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David Cole

David Cole is a law professor at Georgetown University, and author, with Jules Lobel, of “Less Safe, Less Free: Why America is Losing the War on Terror” (New Press, September 2007).

Marchers carry signs during New York’s annual Gay Pride Day parade, June 28, 1981. (AP/G. Paul Burnett)

The long, winding road to marriage equality: From the Mattachine Society to ACT UP to “Ellen,” they all helped make it possible

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The dismal legacy of Bush’s top yes man

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Bush’s torture ban is full of loopholes

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Bush and Cheney’s tortured secrecy

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One nation under law — not Bush

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The dictator defense

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Bush’s illegal spying

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On Bush’s bench?

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Less safe, less free

David Cole