To Start the Healing, Set the Bones First
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Political Commentary
Biden's first week indicates just how much triage he must perform on a broken nation, and why unity cannot take priority over accountability
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White Entitlement, On Parade
Posted in: Political CommentaryThe Trump mob’s siege on the Capitol was white supremacy in full, a violent assertion that only they are fit to select a president
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Why Georgia Needs Two New Senators
Posted in: Political CommentaryKelly Loeffler and David Perdue have enabled Trump’s abuses and haven’t come close to serving their constituency in this moment of catastrophe
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Trump Is Showing Us Why the Death Penalty Needs to Die
Posted in: Political CommentaryAs he rushes executions and promotes barbaric practices, Trump and his lame-duck administration are making the best argument for a permanent end to capital punishment
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Trump Still Wants to Be President, But He Never Wanted the Job
Posted in: Political CommentaryPower, not actual governance, interests Republicans — so even after a Trump term that proved how essential a competent bureaucracy is, they are still fighting to hold onto jobs they don’t want to do
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Ice Cube Tries to Explain What in the Hell He Was Thinking
Posted in: Music FeaturesHip-hop legend and activist talks what he hoped to gain — and perhaps stood to lose — from discussing his Contract With Black America with President Trump’s campaign
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The No Lives Matter President
Posted in: Political CommentaryTrump’s damning admissions on the Woodward tapes betray not merely his duty and the country, but even his promises to white America to keep them safe
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Black Athletes Are Not Just Here to Entertain You
Posted in: Political CommentaryFour years to the day after Colin Kaepernick first took a knee for civil rights, Milwaukee Bucks players led a historic strike to protest police violence and systemic racism
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The World Hasn’t Changed
Posted in: Political CommentaryRight after a white police officer shot Jacob Blake in the back, Republicans tried to scare voters by falsely painting Democrats and Joe Biden as crusaders against cops. If only
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It Was Time For That Speech
Posted in: Political CommentaryBarack Obama’s historic condemnation of his successor at the Democratic National Convention
