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REMEMBER THE BLACKLIST?
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul’s call for social media platforms to censor extremism won’t stop vile, racist ideas from spreading, but it will backfire on marginalized communities.
Ben Burgis is an adjunct philosophy professor at Morehouse College, a columnist for Jacobin Magazine, and the author of several books, most recently "Christopher Hitchens: What He Got Right, How He Went Wrong, and Why He Still Matters."
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POPULIST AGAINST THE POOR
Against basic safety net programs for low-income families, and backed by libertarian billionaire Peter Thiel, the Ohio GOP Senate candidate is about as populist as Gordon Gekko.
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WAR IS HELL
Twitter users roasted the antiwar writer and professor over the weekend for daring to argue that peace is better than war.
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SUCK ON THIS
The New York Times columnist takes a break from harassing international cab drivers to tut-tut about an illegal invasion of a sovereign country.
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37 MILLION U.S. DIABETICS
MAGA members of Congress touted their “economic populism” and then voted against a modest price cap on insulin.
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TRUST THE PEOPLE
Laugh off concerns about “cancel culture” all you want. But even recent history shows how vital free speech is to winning social justice.
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INTELLECTUALLY INCORRECT
The “Real Time” host’s pivot toward the Intellectual Dark Web and vaxx-skepticism shouldn’t be a surprise. This is who he is.
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REMEMBER 2020?
A public health-care plan is broadly popular, and tens of millions of Americans still lack health insurance. What the hell are Democrats waiting for?
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HEADS THEY WIN, TAILS YOU LOSE
Democrats would happily put a union-busting lawyer on the Supreme Court, and Republicans want to create “management-friendly” labor unions.
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CORPORATIONS ARE NOT YOUR FRIENDS
Weakening free-speech norms and making it easier for tech CEOs to suppress “misinformation” will not work out well for the dissident left.
