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Trump recently assured a crowd in Mason City, Iowa, that Haley “doesn’t have what it takes.” He cited her meandering answer to a question about the cause of the Civil War, from an audience member at a New Hampshire town hall, in which she failed to even mention slavery. With typical self-satisfaction, Trump noted, “I’d say ‘slavery’ is sort of the obvious answer, as opposed to about three paragraphs of bullshit.”
This particular problem with the past is not a new one for today’s Republicans. Gov…
almost 3 years ago
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Fifty years after Shirley Chisholm ran for the Presidency, we find ourselves yet again questioning the durability of outmoded presumptions about race and gender.
about 2 years ago
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After the 2016 election, progressives blamed white women for Hillary Clinton’s loss. This year, Black men have come under special scrutiny.
about 2 years ago
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We will be a fundamentally different country by the end of the next Administration. Indeed, we already are.
almost 2 years ago
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The biggest mistake that some universities have made is to presume that the White House is operating in good faith. It is not.
over 1 year ago
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Being an older parent, just like my dad.
over 1 year ago
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The President’s goals were clear on the first day of his term, when he issued an executive order overruling the Fourteenth Amendment’s birthright-citizenship clause.
12 months ago
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The creators of the documentary, now streaming, on capturing the publication on film, why the magazine’s editing process is like a colonoscopy, and landing Taylor Swift’s O.K. for the soundtrack.
11 months ago
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On M.L.K. Day, the death of Renee Good calls to mind another woman who died protesting for the rights of others.
9 months ago
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Americans took to the streets to defend their neighbors in the nineteenth century, too.
9 months ago
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Donald Trump’s aversion to admitting fault suggests that we will not likely see events that grapple with the nuanced nature of the nation’s history this July 4th.
6 months ago
