Why would anyone who cares about the least of God’s people call the budget bill that just passed ‘the big beautiful bill’? Those who voted for it have a peculiar […]
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The ouster of UVA’s president attacks academic freedom
The forced resignation of James E. Ryan as president of the University of Virginia at the hands of the Trump administration marks a dangerous precedent for American higher education. The […]
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Practical Politics
Let’s be clear: regardless of one’s particular political affiliation, modern American citizens almost universally like to see their elected public officials stand up for the rights of those citizens. Wimpish […]
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The Big Ugly Bill would deny ordinary Americans
“Senate Republicans tried to write Donald Trump’s contempt for the courts into law — gutting judicial enforcement, defying the Constitution, and bulldozing the very rule of law that forms our […]
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Marilyn Mosby
For more than a year, I’ve been involved in working with Baltimore’s former State’s Atty., Marilyn Mosby, who has spent the last 5 years of her life defending herself and […]
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Practical Politics
It is already virtually guaranteed that whenever Donald Trump’s current and last presidency ends, the U.S. will be poorer, not necessarily wiser, and most likely no longer the world’s number […]
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Can you still make it in LA?
On a warm Wednesday in early June, Jaylen parks behind his building in West Adams and stares at a $73 parking ticket tucked under his windshield. He lets out a […]
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Practical Politics
Many Black folks— some historical, some currently alive—have often lamented the depth of the dangerous survival curve we, as a race, seem to have inherited and cannot shake off. Whether […]
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President Joe Biden commemorating Juneteenth
The people of Galveston, Texas, have been commemorating Juneteenth since the Civil War ended. Yesterday, in honor of the 160th anniversary, I went there to join them.You can read about […]
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Newsom’s message to Trump administration on California power grab is clear
For months, Pres. Donald Trump and his allies have used California as a political punching bag. But Gov. Gavin Newsom, who has never shied away from a political brawl — […]