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Op-Ed
India and Brazil’s COVID Crises Show We Must End the Fiction of Borders
The fictions of borders and “rugged individualism” must be dismissed out of hand to confront this moment.
University of California Pushes to Militarize and Expand Its Police Force
A campus-based movement is growing in response, to abolish police presence and transform safety infrastructures.
My Child Is Incarcerated. One Second in This Unjust System Is Too Much.
Our children have been entrapped in a web of collaboration involving judges, prosecutors and police officers.
No, Joe Manchin, Eliminating the Filibuster Won’t Lead to “Serious Problems”
Giving the minority party veto power over widely supported legislation is undemocratic.
GOP Rebuttal to Biden’s Speech Flopped Because Progressive Policies Are Popular
Sen. Tim Scott’s speech reflected the smallness of the political imagination of the party he represents.
Biden’s Speech Pointed to a Possible End to Reagan’s Rancid Legacy
Last night, the president wished for the moon and stars. Now we see how much of it he can get.
Tucker Carlson Is Emblematic of Today’s Republican Party
The people who watch Carlson believe what he says, and we saw what they are capable of in January.
Trump-Disrupted Census Hurts Marginalized Communities and Hands New Power to GOP
The broken census results show how the Trump administration's damage will echo down the halls of history.
The More Biden Expands ACA, the Harder It Will Be for the Right to Cut It
Ironing out the ACA's kinks and expanding its reach may be the best short-term path toward near-universal coverage.
Biden Is Providing Some Vaccines to India But Hasn’t Budged on Patent Waiver
COVID knows no borders. Neither should we.