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Shannon Stapleton / Reuters The Populist Right Tears Down a Press It Can't Replace
Critics of the mainstream media were quick to charge that Harvey Weinstein’s misdeeds were an open secret, yet none of them were able to expose it.
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Reuters Who Is Competent to Decide What Offends?
New survey data casts doubt on a popular framework used by universities to identify microaggressions.
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Jim Bourg / Reuters Donald Trump's Impeachable Offense
The commander in chief’s calls to abridge freedoms of speech and the press represent attacks on the Constitution he swore to protect and defend.
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Jumana El-Heloueh / Reuters Eminem Delivers a Critique as Vulgar as the President
An unlikely champion of civic values offers a blistering TV performance.
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Kevork Djansezian / Reuters One Harvey Weinstein in Hollywood, Another in the White House
A pair of conservative responses to the Hollywood mogul’s downfall illustrate the split within the movement.
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Reuters Mike Pence's Flagrant Waste of Taxpayer Money
The vice president spent more than most Americans make in a year traveling to an NFL game to perform a political stunt.
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Mike Blake / Reuters America's Many Divides Over Free Speech
A new survey explores the country’s views on hate speech, political correctness, Nazi-punching, job terminations for offensive speech, and much more.
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Jonathan Ernst/ Reuters The ACLU Should Keep Representing Deplorables
An uncompromising, universalist commitment to protecting civil rights is the best way to safeguard the rights of the most vulnerable to abuse and injustice.
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Chris Wattie / Reuters Stuck Together in an Era of Connectedness
How to navigate tragedy online? Show an affirming flame.
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Joe Skipper / Reuters Will Florida Banish the Ghost of Jim Crow?
The state still disenfranchises more of its eligible voters than any other—but this year, it has the chance to change that.
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Joshua Roberts / Reuters Trump Deletes Tweets That Show His Impotence
The aftermath of the president backing a loser in the Alabama Senate primary
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Reuters Kneeling for Life and Liberty Is Patriotic
NFL athletes are protesting on behalf of America’s founding values––and Donald Trump neither loves nor understands them.
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Reuters / Andrew Kelly Giving the Deep State More Leeway to Kill With Drones
President Trump is poised to compound the most grave moral failing of his predecessor by making targeted killings less safe, less legal, and less rare.
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Carlo Allegri / Reuters Trump Has Filled, Not Drained, the Swamp
The president has made a mockery of a promise at the core of his campaign. It is time for the #MAGA media to tell his supporters the truth.
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Mike Segar / Reuters Why ESPN Is More Political Than Before
The sports network’s controversial transformation is driven more by the audience and less by elites than many observers realize.
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Kevin Lamarque / Reuters Can Conservative Journalism Survive?
The right’s old guard faces an existential threat in populism. But it isn’t yet clear that they understand the stakes or possess the confidence to fight back.
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Jim Tanner / Reuters Dittoheads for Cutting Deals With Democrats
Rush Limbaugh and his listeners are taking Donald Trump’s new relationship with Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer in stride.
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Mary Schwalm / Reuters Rand Paul's Maneuver Against Endless Wars
The Kentucky senator is trying to inject urgency into his effort to reassert congressional control over where the United States fights and kills.
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Reuters / Andrew Kelly Donald Trump Has Left America Less Prepared for Another 9/11
The anniversary of the attacks provides an opportunity to ponder the nation’s diminished resilience.
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Mike Segar / Reuters What Donald Trump Jr. Left Out of His Statement to Congress
The president’s son had previously insisted his father “knew nothing” about his meeting with a Russian lawyer.
