Adam Serwer
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Lucas Jackson / Reuters Greg Abbott Fears Fox News More Than COVID
The Texas governor appears more worried about losing his primary than saving the lives of his constituents.
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Doug Mills / The New York Times / … By Attacking Me, Justice Alito Proved My Point
If he wants the public to see the Court as apolitical, he should try meeting that standard himself.
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Getty; The Atlantic What the War in Afghanistan Could Never Do
Twenty years ago, Americans sought to feel as strong and invincible as they had the day before the towers fell.
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Universal History Archive / Heritage Images / Getty; … The Lie About the Supreme Court Everyone Pretends to Believe
Justices love to proclaim their impartiality, all evidence to the contrary.
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Chip Somodevilla / Getty; The Atlantic Trump’s Plans for a Coup Are Now Public
Some of the plots to overturn the election happened in secret. But don’t forget the ones that unfolded in the open.
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The Atlantic Texas Democrats Have an Opportunity
But it’s not clear they can seize it.
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Andrew Harnik / Chip Somodevilla / Montinique Monroe … A Strategy of Confusion
Don’t be fooled by the Supreme Court’s veil of proceduralism on its Texas abortion decision.
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Drew Angerer / Getty Five Justices Did This Because They Could
Emergency appeals have become the tool of choice for the conservative movement.
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Getty; Adam Maida / The Atlantic The Absurdity of Police Comparing Vaccine Mandates to Nazi Germany
Law-enforcement officers’ unions are rebelling against the possibility of required vaccinations in a way that reflects their own distorted view of their power in society.
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Jan Hanus / Alamy; Paul Spella / The … Demography Is Not Destiny
New numbers provide a reminder of the fluidity of American identity.
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Brandon Bell / Getty Greg Abbott Surrenders to the Coronavirus
The Texas governor’s warped priorities are allowing an extremist minority to worsen the pandemic.
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ALEX BRANDON / AFP / Getty The Capitol Rioters Attacked Police. Why Isn't the FOP Outraged?
Police unions aren’t usually bashful about defending officers, but they’ve been conspicuously subdued in discussing the January 6 attacks.
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David Goldman / AP Democratic Leaders Are Betraying Black Voters
If the Democratic Party is not upholding a racist double standard with its inaction, it is at least acquiescing to one.
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Illustration by Danielle Del Plato The Authoritarian Instincts of Police Unions
They condition their members to see themselves as soldiers at war with the public they are meant to serve, and above the laws they are meant to enforce.
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Samuel Corum / Getty / The Atlantic Joe Manchin Can’t Have It Both Ways
If the right to vote is fundamental, then it cannot be subject to veto by partisans who benefit from disenfranchisement.
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Olivier Douliery / AFP / Getty The Capitol Rioters Won
Although some Republican leaders deplored their violence, most have come to support the rioters’ claim that Trump’s defeat meant the election was inherently illegitimate.
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Raquel Zaldivar / Chicago Tribune / Getty / … Why Conservatives Want to Cancel the 1619 Project
Objections to the appointment of Nikole Hannah-Jones to an academic chair are the latest instance of conservatives using the state to suppress ideas they consider dangerous.
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Caroline Brehman / CQ-Roll Call, Inc /Getty Liz Cheney Has Only Herself to Blame
The representative from Wyoming is taking a stand against an authoritarian streak in the Republican Party that she helped cultivate.
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Drew Angerer / Getty There Will Be More Derek Chauvins
Powerful political actors are committed to ensuring that the system of American policing remains unchanged.
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Chip Somodevilla / Stefani Reynolds / Bloomberg / … ‘Anglo-Saxon’ Is What You Say When ‘Whites Only’ Is Too Inclusive
A new message proves too toxic for the Republican Party.
