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A Biden win in November 2020 will be insufficient unless Democrats take the Senate and displace majority leader Mitch McConnell.
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Fox News wants to portray a recently fired writer as a bad apple, but he was part of an influential white nationalist social network within the American right.
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The Many Lives of Catherine the Great
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It’s popular. It’s the right thing to do. But as with so many key issues, Biden keeps pressuring the party to pull its punches.
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The Left Needs to Reclaim Free Speech
Just because some who complain about censorship are hypocrites, privileged elitists, or defensive bigots, that doesn’t mean we should abandon the ideal of robust debate.
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As Black Lives Matter protests spread across the country, Kennedy appointed a sheriff to counsel him on criminal justice reform.
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Covid-19 Has Put Algeria’s Peaceful Revolution on Hold
The past year’s protests have been on a scale not seen in over three decades. But now, the streets are empty.
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As this country begins, at last, to examine its ugly past and brutal present, can we also apply this fierce introspection to US policy toward Israel?
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