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Did Trump and His Supporters Commit Treason?
Few events in American history have matched the Framers’ definition as clearly as the insurrection of January 6th.
The Biden Administration’s Landmark Day in the Fight for the Climate
The newly announced actions may well mark the beginning of the end of the fossil-fuel era.
Did Biden Just Make Everything Normal Again?
Reflections on a post-Trump week of refreshingly Presidential behavior and predictably partisan feuding.
Adam Curtis Explains It All
The British filmmaker’s new series argues that we have given up on the future.
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Why an Israeli Human-Rights Organization Calls Israel an Apartheid Regime
There is no guarantee that B’Tselem’s statement will enable change, although it has infuriated the government.
What Can Liberalism Learn from the Defeat of Donald Trump?
The election of Joe Biden was a vindication of the view that the strength of liberal democracy lies only in the strength of liberal institutions.
Living with a Visionary
For more than fifty years, my wife and I shared a world. Then, as Diana’s health declined, her hallucinations became her own reality.
A Bold Proposal to Ease Child Poverty Is the Essence of Bidenomics
By targeting Americans that have been hit hardest by the pandemic, and also addressing lasting inequities, the new Administration is approaching this moment as one of great potential as well as great peril.
What Are the Cultural Revolution’s Lessons for Our Current Moment?
The great question of China’s Maoist experiment now looms over the United States: Why did a powerful society suddenly start destroying itself?
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