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The System
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Joe Biden’s Accidental Bridge to Kamala HarrisIf she becomes the nominee, it will be thanks to Biden’s clumsy racial politics.
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Black People Are Not Going to Save Joe BidenEven his base has drifted in the four years he’s been president.
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How Gaza Has Shaken Black PoliticsLeaders associated with civil rights are caught in a trap of Israel’s making.
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How to Criminalize a ProtestIn Atlanta, the George Floyd demonstrators are being prosecuted as gang members. The activists of today could be next.
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The Normalization of Trump’s Alleged CrimesHis legal strategy is both buying him time and erasing the accusations against him.
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What the Black Struggle Tells Us About the Israel-Hamas WarThe Black legacy of channeling our grief toward a more just world is often missing from the American discourse.
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The Mug Shot, the Tweet, and Trump’s Return to Prime TimeAt the Fulton County Jail, the opening bell for the 2024 presidential race was rung.
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Richard Hanania’s Chilling NormalityThe revealing case of the anti-woke crusader.
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When the Crime Wave RecedesThe only certainty of America’s urban politics is that there will be more cops.
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How Atlanta’s ‘Cop City’ Trumped JusticeThree years after the George Floyd protests, environmental activists are being charged as terrorists.
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Why Young Thug?How prosecutors made one of the hottest rap stars the face of urban crime.
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The Government’s Telling Response to Tyre Nichols’s DeathThe reforms being considered would probably not have prevented his killing. But officials have gotten better at preempting outrage.
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Tyre Nichols and the End of Police ReformHis death is evidence that cosmetic change can’t excise the rot of American law enforcement.
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The Uprising That Ran OutThe death of Keenan Anderson marks the end of an era.
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A Cosmologist’s Case for Staying Put on EarthThe many heterodoxies of Chanda Prescod-Weinstein.
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The Very Revealing 15 Minutes of Byron DonaldsIn a Republican soap opera, there’s always room for a Black conservative.
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When Supply, Not Demand, Is the ProblemThe economy is changing. Liberalism must change with it.
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Brittney Griner’s Hollow HomecomingIt’s a relief she’s back. Now free the others.
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Speaker of the EstablishmentHakeem Jeffries is poised to become House Democrats’ next leader, but that’s not necessarily a sign of progress.
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The Rebirth of Kanye WestMeet the new face of Black conservatism.
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The Future of Black Politics Is at Stake in GeorgiaThe legacy of the civil-rights movement may hinge on Raphael Warnock’s reelection campaign.
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Return of the Hostage TakersJoe Biden’s last chance to stop the GOP’s economic sabotage.
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America’s Impenetrable Fog of InnocenceWhy it’s so hard for so many to see the causes of the Buffalo mass shooting clearly.
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Protests Are Wrong Until They’re RightAnimal-rights activists have been ridiculed for interrupting the NBA playoffs. They’re in good company.
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Why Is the Firing Squad Making a Comeback?South Carolina’s push to bring back an archaic execution method says a lot about the state of capital punishment today.
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Can Republicans Commit Voter Fraud?The revealing case of Mark Meadows.
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Why Joe Biden’s Racial Justice Agenda Is StalledHe faces resistance from moderate Democrats. But he’s also tied his own hands.
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A Year After George Floyd’s Death, Police Are Still WinningAmerica is struggling to reform and reimagine the agencies that have been licensed to kill us.
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The Never-ending Coup Against Black AmericaHistorically, “recovery” tends to look a lot like betrayal.
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Two Visions of the Suburbs Are on the Ballot. Both Are Myths.To understand them as imagined by Donald Trump and Joe Biden, you first have to understand that they are actually talking about segregation.
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The Law Is Not Made for Breonna TaylorAnd its capacity to deliver justice is functionally null.