Opinion
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Behind Low Vaccination Rates Lurks a More Profound Social Weakness
Robert Steed knew the toll Covid-19 had taken on the South Bronx, where he’d lived most of his life. There…
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Vaccine Campaigns Are Built on Trust. In Some Places, It Is in Short Supply.
Robert Steed knew the toll Covid-19 had taken on the South Bronx, where he’d lived most of his life. There…
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The Supreme Court Gaslights Its Way to the End of Roe
There are many reasons for dismay over the Supreme Court argument in the Mississippi abortion case, but it was the…
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The Trump Conspiracy Is Hiding in Plain Sight
Antebellum pro-slavery radicals spoke freely of secession and violence; Democratic Party paramilitaries planned their attacks on Reconstruction ...
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I Was Adopted. I Know the Trauma It Can Inflict.
On Wednesday, as the Supreme Court heard oral arguments from state attorneys seeking to uphold Mississippi’s 15-week abortion ban, Justice…
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Democrats Are in Trouble in Rural America. But There’s a Way Out.
I take no joy in sounding the alarm, but I do so as a proud Democrat who has won three…
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Congress Gets the (Working) Christmas It Deserves
After a stressful, fractious and at times terrifying 2021, rarely has the congressional community more desperately needed a nice long…
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Abortion: The Voice of the Ambivalent Majority
If you want to know why our politics are so awful, check out our public debates about abortion in the…
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How Saboteurs Took Over the G.O.P.
With everything else going on — the likely imminent demise of Roe v. Wade, the revelation that Donald Trump knew…
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Overdoses Have Skyrocketed During the Pandemic. How Do We Stop Them?
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