The Big Idea
Outside contributors’ opinions and analysis of the most important issues in politics, science, and culture.
![Is it anti-Catholic to ask a Supreme Court nominee how her religion affects her decisions?](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/21952535/1228831216.jpg.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0.017385257301811%2C0%2C99.965229485396%2C100&w=2400)
President Trump’s nominee has written about how religious views and judicial views intersect — and sometimes collide.
![Women are filing more harassment claims in the #MeToo era. They’re also facing more retaliation.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/10155897/GettyImages_901632120.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.616666666667%2C0%2C66.766666666667%2C100&w=2400)
![Women are filing more harassment claims in the #MeToo era. They’re also facing more retaliation.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/10155897/GettyImages_901632120.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0.074887668497254%2C100%2C99.850224663005&w=2400)
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission reported that sexual harassment complaints rose 13.6 percent last year.
![To solve climate change and biodiversity loss, we need a Global Deal for Nature](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/16182753/GettyImages_968333170.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=17.3828125%2C0%2C65.234375%2C100&w=2400)
![To solve climate change and biodiversity loss, we need a Global Deal for Nature](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/16182753/GettyImages_968333170.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=1.07421875%2C0%2C97.8515625%2C100&w=2400)
The best way to curb greenhouse gas emissions and remove gases from the atmosphere is by storing carbon in natural ecosystems.
![Why do we let our kids play tackle football?](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/15973229/WSH_Football.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=22.2%2C0%2C55.6%2C100&w=2400)
![Why do we let our kids play tackle football?](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/15973229/WSH_Football.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=8.3%2C0%2C83.4%2C100&w=2400)
It will be considered unthinkable 50 years from now.
The latest in The Big Idea
![Is America’s future capitalist or socialist?](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/13673286/cap_com_lead_artboard.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=21.861111111111%2C0%2C56.277777777778%2C100&w=2400)
Steve Pearlstein, author of Can American Capitalism Be Saved? and Bhaskar Sunkara, editor of the socialist journal Jacobin, debate.
![Online shopping is terrible for the environment. It doesn’t have to be.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/9910475/GettyImages_834704902.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=17.453703703704%2C0%2C65.092592592593%2C100&w=2400)
![Online shopping is terrible for the environment. It doesn’t have to be.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/9910475/GettyImages_834704902.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=1.1805555555556%2C0%2C97.638888888889%2C100&w=2400)
Give your business to companies that promote slower delivery and consolidated shipments.
![Why letting ex-felons vote probably won’t swing Florida](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/3945006/GettyImages-458406740.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=15.683333333333%2C0%2C68.633333333333%2C100&w=2400)
![Why letting ex-felons vote probably won’t swing Florida](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/3945006/GettyImages-458406740.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C1.4327343370568%2C100%2C97.134531325886&w=2400)
We analyzed ex-felons with voting rights. Their party affiliation is more mixed than you might think.
![Trump’s birthright citizenship proposal, explained by a law professor](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/4309663/donald-trump-5.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=17.457305502846%2C0%2C65.085388994307%2C100&w=2400)
![Trump’s birthright citizenship proposal, explained by a law professor](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/4309663/donald-trump-5.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=1.1859582542695%2C0%2C97.628083491461%2C100&w=2400)
The faulty legal logic behind Trump’s birthright citizenship proposal.
![Working-class people are underrepresented in politics. The problem isn’t voters.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/13320709/aoc_lead_art_.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=21.861111111111%2C0%2C56.277777777778%2C100&w=2400)
Our government is run by rich people — and it benefits them the most.
![Why labor is a foreign policy issue](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/13255743/GettyImages_1044628564.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.657142857143%2C0%2C66.685714285714%2C100&w=2400)
![Why labor is a foreign policy issue](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/13255743/GettyImages_1044628564.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0.014281633818911%2C100%2C99.971436732362&w=2400)
Why the world needs a Paris climate agreement for labor to help unions.
![How to save the Supreme Court](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/6128713/supreme-court.0.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.669758812616%2C0%2C66.660482374768%2C100&w=2400)
![How to save the Supreme Court](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/6128713/supreme-court.0.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0.0046382189239296%2C0%2C99.990723562152%2C100&w=2400)
The Supreme Court faces a legitimacy crisis. Here’s what we can do about it.
![Why we need “blue laws,” the religious tradition that sanctifies life outside of work](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/13194605/GettyImages_508472520.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.716666666667%2C0%2C66.566666666667%2C100&w=2400)
![Why we need “blue laws,” the religious tradition that sanctifies life outside of work](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/13194605/GettyImages_508472520.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0.075000000000003%2C0%2C99.85%2C100&w=2400)
Religious “blue laws” achieve many of the same goals as progressive labor unions.
![Hurricane Florence’s floods caused severe property damage. Here’s a solution.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/13101321/AP_18260077815005.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
![Hurricane Florence’s floods caused severe property damage. Here’s a solution.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/13101321/AP_18260077815005.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2400)
The government has a buyout plan, but it needs to be bigger — and better coordinated.
![What’s next for #MeToo? The McDonald’s strikes have an answer.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/13112595/GettyImages_1035627372.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
![What’s next for #MeToo? The McDonald’s strikes have an answer.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/13112595/GettyImages_1035627372.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2400)
Workers walked out of McDonald’s restaurants to protest sexual harassment.
![I spoke to hundreds of American men who still can’t find work](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/13074987/behind_the_statistic_004.0.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.684782608696%2C0%2C66.630434782609%2C100&w=2400)
![I spoke to hundreds of American men who still can’t find work](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/13074987/behind_the_statistic_004.0.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0.027173913043484%2C0%2C99.945652173913%2C100&w=2400)
Ten years since the financial crisis and millions of American men aren’t working.
![John McCain’s signature campaign finance law was a real achievement — for its time](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/12556053/98649412.jpg.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.978776529338%2C0%2C66.042446941323%2C100&w=2400)
![John McCain’s signature campaign finance law was a real achievement — for its time](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/12556053/98649412.jpg.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0.46816479400749%2C0%2C99.063670411985%2C100&w=2400)
McCain’s work on campaign reform cemented his image as an iconoclast.
![The Pennsylvania Catholic Church report highlights the cruelty of statute of limitations laws](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/8754801/GettyImages_170975498.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.729323308271%2C0%2C66.541353383459%2C100&w=2400)
![The Pennsylvania Catholic Church report highlights the cruelty of statute of limitations laws](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/8754801/GettyImages_170975498.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0.093984962406012%2C0%2C99.812030075188%2C100&w=2400)
Why many Catholic Church accusers are legally barred from bringing their case to court.
![“Socialism” vs. “capitalism” is a false dichotomy](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/12111741/GettyImages_1006877668.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
![“Socialism” vs. “capitalism” is a false dichotomy](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/12111741/GettyImages_1006877668.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2400)
“Socialists” and Republicans forget different parts of this lesson.
![Omarosa’s nondisclosure agreements: what, exactly, can Trump keep her from talking about?](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/12003949/TrumpOmarosa.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.233599176743%2C0%2C67.532801646514%2C100&w=2400)
![Omarosa’s nondisclosure agreements: what, exactly, can Trump keep her from talking about?](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/12003949/TrumpOmarosa.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0.64126984126985%2C100%2C98.71746031746&w=2400)
Much of the campaign NDA is probably enforceable. But the First Amendment also comes into play.
![Why we should abolish ICE — and the DEA too](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/5873671/GettyImages-484070674.0.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
![Why we should abolish ICE — and the DEA too](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/5873671/GettyImages-484070674.0.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2400)
The failed drug war and Trump’s war on immigrants share many features. To change course, we need to change institutions.
![The real reason you’re not getting a pay raise](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/8860809/GettyImages_657279310.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=15.715223097113%2C0%2C68.569553805774%2C100&w=2400)
![The real reason you’re not getting a pay raise](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/8860809/GettyImages_657279310.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C1.3875598086124%2C100%2C97.224880382775&w=2400)
Solving the “wage puzzle”: It’s not about inequality.
![Black Americans are asserting their rights in “white spaces.” That’s when whites call 911.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/11439117/GettyImages_948002760.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.8%2C0%2C66.4%2C100&w=2400)
![Black Americans are asserting their rights in “white spaces.” That’s when whites call 911.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/11439117/GettyImages_948002760.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0.2%2C0%2C99.6%2C100&w=2400)
A Yale professor explains the sociology of the living-while-black incidents.
![America might be ready for democratic socialism. It’s not ready for the bill.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/11608137/GettyImages_984862974.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
![America might be ready for democratic socialism. It’s not ready for the bill.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/11608137/GettyImages_984862974.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2400)
Single-payer health care, a jobs guarantee, and free college would require massive tax hikes. There’s no way around it.
![The Hiroshima anniversary: 5 things you should know about nuclear weapons today](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/11929635/GettyImages_1011805260.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
![The Hiroshima anniversary: 5 things you should know about nuclear weapons today](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/11929635/GettyImages_1011805260.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2400)
Seventy-three years after the first use of the atomic bomb in wartime, commitment to arms control is fading.
![President Trump admits he’s trying to kill Obamacare. That’s illegal.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/7997443/GettyImages_635655066.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
![President Trump admits he’s trying to kill Obamacare. That’s illegal.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/7997443/GettyImages_635655066.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2400)
Four cities have just filed suit, arguing that Trump’s attempts to undermine the law violate the Constitution.
![Why Jeff Sessions thinks Christians are under siege in America](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/11905599/GettyImages_1007869226.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=14.2%2C0%2C71.6%2C100&w=2400)
![Why Jeff Sessions thinks Christians are under siege in America](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/11905599/GettyImages_1007869226.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C3.4450651769087%2C100%2C93.109869646183&w=2400)
The roots of the war over “religious liberty” — the subject of a new Justice Department task force — explained.
![Ex-Trump staffers should not get plum jobs at elite universities](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/11736147/GettyImages_512791258.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=22.583333333333%2C0%2C54.833333333333%2C100&w=2400)
![Ex-Trump staffers should not get plum jobs at elite universities](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/11736147/GettyImages_512791258.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=8.875%2C0%2C82.25%2C100&w=2400)
Why two prominent historians were right to resign from the University of Virginia’s Miller Center.
![Is it time to do away with job applicant drug testing?](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/11826873/GettyImages_167073409.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.441396005649%2C0%2C67.117207988703%2C100&w=2400)
![Is it time to do away with job applicant drug testing?](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/11826873/GettyImages_167073409.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0.33563771165214%2C100%2C99.328724576696&w=2400)
The research linking passing a drug test to performing better at work is weak.
![Elite law professors are brushing politics aside to support fellow elite Brett Kavanaugh. That’s inexcusable in the Trump era.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/3982672/Yale_Law_School_in_the_Sterling_Law_Building.0.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=12.5%2C0%2C75%2C100&w=2400)
![Elite law professors are brushing politics aside to support fellow elite Brett Kavanaugh. That’s inexcusable in the Trump era.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/3982672/Yale_Law_School_in_the_Sterling_Law_Building.0.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C5.5555555555556%2C100%2C88.888888888889&w=2400)
In the developing world, elites often place allegiance to one another above the public good. Now we’re seeing that happen here.
![The fate of the ACA could turn on Judge Kavanaugh’s appointment](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/11666237/GettyImages_994989804.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=17.325414704075%2C0%2C65.349170591849%2C100&w=2400)
![The fate of the ACA could turn on Judge Kavanaugh’s appointment](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/11666237/GettyImages_994989804.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0.98812205611305%2C0%2C98.023755887774%2C100&w=2400)
Five questions Democrats should ask the Supreme Court nominee as threats to Obamacare bubble up from lower courts.
![A historian surveys the wreckage of the Trump-Putin summit](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/11698293/trump_putin.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
![A historian surveys the wreckage of the Trump-Putin summit](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/11698293/trump_putin.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2400)
Michael Kimmage argues for reengagement with Russia, and had written about his high hopes for Helsinki. Then Trump started talking.
![How teachers unions can survive](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/10733181/teachers.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=15.533333333333%2C0%2C68.933333333333%2C100&w=2400)
![How teachers unions can survive](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/10733181/teachers.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C1.6441005802708%2C100%2C96.711798839458&w=2400)
What unions can do after the shock of the Supreme Court’s Janus decision.
![The Putin paradox: he’s brutally repressive — and incredibly popular](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/3800120/GettyImages-89594293.0.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=23.816666666667%2C11.144130757801%2C52.366666666667%2C77.810797424468&w=2400)
![The Putin paradox: he’s brutally repressive — and incredibly popular](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/3800120/GettyImages-89594293.0.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=10.725%2C11.144130757801%2C78.55%2C77.810797424468&w=2400)
We ignore history, and evidence, if we conclude Putin’s hyper-nationalist authoritarian regime rules through fear alone.
![The case for not publishing hacked emails](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/7330879/john-podesta-cheeks.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=15.182186234818%2C0%2C69.635627530364%2C100&w=2400)
![The case for not publishing hacked emails](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/7330879/john-podesta-cheeks.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C2.1317829457364%2C100%2C95.736434108527&w=2400)
Russia is poised to hack again. Here’s how the media should respond.
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The war on sex work continues.
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Centrists want to co-opt the phrase and apply it to something weaker than a single-payer system.
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We can’t solve our climate-change problems by having fewer babies.
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Hype about the “gig economy” aside, Americans are becoming more attached to their jobs and communities, not less.
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How swimming pools became a flashpoint of racial tension in America.
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Roe is a much-criticized decision. Most of the criticism is dead wrong.
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Even conservatives have historically embraced programs that trade military service for naturalization. That may be why the administration is targeting them.
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She’s not compromising, and she’s not pulling her punches.
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A former top immigration official offers solutions.
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A decision in favor of American Express will make it easier for big tech companies to pressure workers, suppliers, and customers.