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The closing act of George Floyd’s story hasn’t been written yet
I’d like to believe that the Black Lives Matter marches against police brutality that erupted a year ago in the U.S. and around the world in the wake of George Floyd’s murder by a Minneapolis police officer were the first act of that show.
Liz Cheney was right: We must defend America from Trump’s election falsehoods
The Republican civil war is raging and the party’s defenders of democracy are losing. On Wednesday, Republican Congresswoman Liz Cheney, who’s best described as a traditional, establishment conservative, was unceremoniously booted from her job as the third most powerful GOP leader in the House of Representatives by the sycophantic, white-supremacist-coddling, fascist wing of her party. […]
The GOP is now the Grand Old Potato Head Party
In the wake of the recent uproar by GOP leaders over Hasbro’s decision to add a gender-neutral Potato Head to its traditional Mr. and Mrs. Potato Head toy collection, Mr. Head has apparently found a new vocation moonlighting as a high-dollar consultant for Republican politicos.
This time, at least, the system got it right
It was the only logical and moral conclusion, and still it seemed almost unimaginable.
Get the shot, before the coronavirus gets you
It’s been a little more than two weeks since I got my second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. So, this is as good a time as any to take stock of how the greatest health crisis in hundred years is affecting our lives.
How do we resolve humanity’s perennial sin?
White Europeans didn’t invent supremacy, though it’s probably fair to say that an ugly lot among them perfected it.
The crisis at the border won’t end until we admit we need immigrants at least as much as they need us
When it comes to the subject of immigration, humanity and common sense matter. That’s where every conversation on the topic should start.
Domestic terrorists and GOP’s leaders have voting rights in their sights
One of our nation’s two major political parties has concluded that winning at all costs is more important than protecting our cherished right to hold free and fair elections.
School’s out: What’s the post-pandemic catch-up plan, especially for children of color?
Tangled up in the controversy over how quickly children should return to the classroom given the COVID-19 health crisis is the still largely unappreciated catastrophe involving the damage being done to our education system, especially when it comes to the poor and communities of color.
Trump and abettors like Ducey must be held accountable
Everyone responsible for the Capitol assault must be held accountable. It’s a basic tenet of our democracy that no one, not the president and certainly not a marauding band of white nationalists, is above the law.
Biden’s not-so-secret superpower
America, where do we go from here? It’s a fair and necessary question.
Trump must resign now to spare America any more damage
The presidency of Donald J. Trump must end now. He must resign.