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May 13, 2022
“The New York Times” Has Badly Lost Its Bearings
Its next editor, Joe Kahn, needs to get it back on course.
Dan Froomkin
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May 13, 2022
Farewell to Midge Decter, the Bigot on the Beach
The obituaries for the founding mother of neoconservatism fail to give a sense of how vile her opinions really were.
Jeet Heer
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May 12, 2022
The Hyde Amendment Is Not an Excuse to Do Nothing to Protect Abortion Rights
The federal government still has power to protect abortion rights, and it’s time the Biden administration used it.
Elie Mystal
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May 12, 2022
At the Ballot Box and Beyond in Cincinnati
While interest in electoral politics may be low among young people, many on the left are still fighting for change through other means.
Zurie Pope
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May 12, 2022
The GOP’s Pedophilia Smears Are An Incitement to Violence
The fusion of QAnon and Pizzagate conspiracy theories with a homophobic moral panic makes the current Republican grooming smears a threat to the physical safety of LGBTQ people.
Jeet Heer
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May 11, 2022
Steve Schmidt Is Right: The Degeneration of the GOP Began Long Before Trump
Operatives with ties to “Putin’s oligarch” ran John McCain’s campaign.
John Nichols
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May 11, 2022
Congress Leaves Those Most Endangered by Covid in the Lurch
The pandemic’s profoundly unequal toll has been made much worse by congressional inaction.
Benjy Renton, Oni Blackstock and Julia Raifman
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May 11, 2022
Biden Must End Racist, Detention-First Immigration Policies
If the president is serious about saving the soul of the nation, he must change this detention-first approach to migration that devalues human life.
Analilia Mejia
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May 11, 2022
Under Biden, the Border Wall Is More Powerful Than Ever
Officials continue to promote a border-wall system that’s increasingly profitable—and more than ever like something out of a science-fiction movie.
Todd Miller
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May 10, 2022
F*&k Civility!
Democrats better get more comfortable with peaceful protest—even at justices’ homes—if we want to get our rights back from a dangerous minority.
Joan Walsh