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Branding book swap shelves as libraries downplays what libraries actually do.

Garland did not “weaponize” the Justice Department as Republicans like to claim; he effectively disarmed it.

Team U.S.A. reflected the diverse and changing face of America. Our athletes’ success was a striking counterpoint to the efforts by Donald Trump and his MAGA cultists to foment hatred and turn the clock back, especially by dismantling DEI  (diversity, equity and inclusion) programs.

The countdown to the 2028 Los Angeles Summer Olympic Games has begun. And our diverse U.S. Olympic team deserves to have Madam President Kamala Harris open the games.

The 'Mandate for Leadership' is printed and done with. The plans to purge Trump's enemies from government, replacing them with ideologies and toadies, is humming along as planned.

Authoritarianism is about power; mockery is about removing power. A narrative that undermines the authoritarian's illusion of strength is more dangerous to their movement than any law or army.

As purpose-built disinformation engines become nearly free to create and run, the production of researched and factual content remains expensive. The result could well be an internet so clogged with 'debris' that it loses everything that once made it useful.

Americans think the economy is worse than it actually is. Telling them everything is fine is probably the worst possible response.

The Bush administration response to a terror attack prioritized ideology over security. Two decades later, Netanyahu's far-right coalition scrambles to repeat the errors.

20 years after political blogs organized a new generation of activists, American liberalism has again lost its fire.

Launching yet another website in the current media environment might be an act of insanity, and yet here we are.