Emma Green
The Jews of Pittsburgh Bury Their Dead
Jewish tradition teaches that bodies cannot be left alone. The community has come together to guard the victims of Saturday’s shooting.
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Jonathan Ernst / Reuters There’s a Way for Democrats to Sue Trump—Thanks to the Republicans
A lawsuit to block the border wall could go the route the House GOP took in 2014 to challenge Obamacare.
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Leah Millis / Reuters The Most Remarkable Thing About Trump's Proposed National Emergency
With his solution to the border-wall impasse, the president seems to be working within the boundaries of law—revealing the massive power of the American executive.
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Kevin Lamarque / Reuters Evangelical Mega-donors Are Rethinking Money in Politics
In recent years, Christianity has become publicly associated with conservative political causes. Some wealthy Christians are pushing back.
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Alex Brandon Trump’s Evangelical Advisers Could Help Him Secure a Win on Sentencing Reform
Conservative Christian leaders are a major force behind criminal-justice legislation being considered in the Senate. But black and progressive clergy see danger in allying with the president, even on this issue.
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Kevin Lamarque / Reuters Trump’s Evangelical Allies Really Didn’t Like Jeff Sessions
The ousted attorney general managed to alienate Christians across the political spectrum, even though he’s one of their own.
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Robert F. Bukaty / AP The Democrats’ Most Radical Election Victory Was in the States
Their wins could help them secure national victories in the coming years.
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Charlie Riedel / AP The Year of the Woman Still Leaves Women With Terrible Representation in Government
Female candidates were some of the biggest winners in the 2018 midterms, but women have a long way to go before their success becomes unremarkable for how normal it is.
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Matt York / AP Why Americans Don’t Vote
A dispatch from the lowest-turnout district in the United States illustrates why many people won’t go to the polls on Tuesday.
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Courtesy of Felicia French National Politics Has Taken Over America
Democrats are finally investing in state-level elections. But candidates in those races face big obstacles in trying to get voters to care.
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Courtesy of the Community Day School Refusing to Put Fear at the Center of Jewish Identity
Students in Pittsburgh must grapple with the realization that there are people who hate them for their religion.
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Kevin Lamarque / Reuters How Will Pittsburgh’s Jews Translate Tragedy Into Action?
The Jewish community disagreed about what to do when President Donald Trump came to town—and how to take action after tragedy.
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Matt Rourke / AP Pittsburgh Honors Two Brothers, ‘Gentle Giants’ of the Community
Cecil and David Rosenthal, who lived with mental disabilities, were remembered at their funeral as the best of the Jewish community.
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Brendan Smialowski / AFP / Getty A Broken Jewish Community
Squirrel Hill, the Pittsburgh neighborhood where 11 Jews were shot and killed on Saturday, is in mourning.
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Ross D. Franklin / AP The Resistance Won't Win Back Arizona's Senate Seat
Centrist candidate Kyrsten Sinema could be close to becoming the state’s first Democratic senator in 20 years.
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Marc Levy / AP The Justice Department’s Investigation of Clergy Sexual Abuse Will Test the Catholic Hierarchy
A new inquiry significantly escalates the involvement of secular authorities.
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Alessandro Bianchi / Reuters The Catholic Sex-Abuse Scandal Takes Down a Cardinal
The pope has accepted the resignation of the leader of the Archdiocese of Washington. What happens next?
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Jason Redmond / Reuters Politics as the New Religion for Progressive Democrats
Religiously unaffiliated voters, who may or may not be associated with other civic institutions, seem most excited about supporting or donating to causes, going to rallies, and expressing opinions online, among other activities.
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Mana Rabiee / Reuters Susan Collins Gambles With the Future of Roe v. Wade
The senator said she will vote to confirm the judge in part because she thinks abortion rights in America are safe.
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Jonathan Ernst / Reuters Stephen Breyer Is Reading Aeschylus While the Supreme Court Burns Around Him
The justice stayed far away from the Brett Kavanaugh controversy in an interview on Thursday.
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Jim Bourg / Reuters Conservative Women Are Angry About Kavanaugh—And They Think Other Voters Are, Too
Local- and state-level leaders across the country say they’re ready to lash out against Democrats in the midterm elections.
