Opinion
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Kyrsten Sinema and the Politics of a Sleeveless Silhouette
Last week, I argued that it was useful to think about the clothes Kyrsten Sinema wears, because her presentation is…
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Should I Try to Save a Child From Her Adoptive Mom’s Bad Race Politics?
I live in Alabama where it has become quite common for white families to adopt Black children. I feel like…
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Why We Have to Wave the ‘Bloody Shirt’ of Jan. 6
Policy is rational. Politics are not. It takes a story to move voters, an emotional connection that tells them something…
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A Dose of Optimism About Mothers at Work
This article has been updated to reflect news events. After nearly two years of talking to mothers about how the…
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American Optimism, R.I.P.
I thought that we were a sunny people. I thought that optimism was the fundamental nature of the United States…
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Israel Moves to Silence the Stalwarts of Palestinian Civil Society
On Oct. 19, the Israeli Ministry of Defense singled out six of the most prominent Palestinian human rights and civil…
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Democrats Need to Confront Their Privilege
One of the Democratic Party’s core problems is that it still regards itself mainly as the party of the underdog.…
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Ancient History Shows How We Can Create a More Equal World
Most of human history is irreparably lost to us. Our species, Homo sapiens, has existed for at least 200,000 years,…
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Democrats, It’s Time to Get Moving
Democrats are engaging in a lot of soul-searching after Tuesday’s elections. Much of that soul-searching involves trying to find a…
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Is Meta’s Facial Recognition Retreat Another Head Fake?
Facebook, oops, Meta — boy, this is going to take some getting used to — announced this week that it…