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Op-Ed
The Death of Democracy Looks Nearer Than Ever
Remember that relief we felt after Joe Biden was elected? That didn't last long — and darkness is closing in.
This Isn’t a Civil War, It Is Settler-Colonial Violence
The Palestinian struggle for decolonization is stronger when the fragmentation of Palestinians is resisted.
Republicans Would Back a Stinkbug If It Made the Base Wave Their Flags
Signing on with a guy who has a whole forest of Damoclesian swords festooned above his head sounds like a bad bet.
Honoring Mothers Must Include Environmental Justice and Raising Wages
Now is the time to raise wages, ensure vaccine equity and lift from the bottom so that all of society can rise.
Warmonger Rahm Emanuel Is an Abysmal Choice for US Ambassador
Rahm Emanuel devastated Chicago and has a long record of pushing for wars. Biden is about to make him an ambassador.
For Eid, Let’s Celebrate the Queer and Trans Muslims Working Toward Abolition
Muslims are marking the end of Ramadan and working to create a just world free of police, prisons and punishment.
We Can’t Just Tell People to “Go Back to Work.” We Have to Improve Workplaces.
After this past year, people want work to be more than a dreary ordeal of basic survival at an unsustainable wage.
Liz Cheney Plays the Martyr — But She Helped Build the Monster That Is the GOP
Train a pack of dogs with violence, ignorance and hunger, and they will tear you to pieces sooner or later.
The GOP Continues to Rally Around Trumpian “Stop the Steal” Rhetoric
The Trump cult is convinced that it is literally impossible for them to legitimately lose elections.
Verdicts Don’t Heal. We Need Imaginative Community-Based, Restorative Justice.
True justice requires much more than successful prosecution of individual officers.