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Kimberly Atkins StohrCommon Dreams |
Special counsel Jack Smith knew exactly what he was doing when he chose to charge Trump with obstructing an official proceeding — and the justices...
If there was ever a moment to really put country over party, it’s now: by voting, just once, for Biden.
It wasn’t only the more liberal members of the court who spent part of Tuesday’s argument lamenting the burgeoning phenomenon of nationwide...
Retired Supreme Court justice Stephen Breyer’s candor about the state of the court is refreshing and much needed.
Former special counsel Robert Hur made it a lot harder for Americans to know who or what to trust.
Thomas’s excuse to flout recusal guidelines was already written into the very toothless rules that govern him. As a result, our democracy has lost...
Republicans are on a mission to roll back the power of federal agencies, and they know that they have GOP-appointed federal judges and a conservative...
Such a position is not a panacea for restoring the public trust, but it’s a good start.
Through inaction, several members of the court’s conservative majority are signaling loud and clear their views on academic diversity, LGBTQ rights,...
Maria W. Stewart rose from indentured servitude to become not only the nation’s first Black female published political writer, but also the first...
Trump’s case is weak, but that doesn’t mean he will lose.
The idea of a Trump alternative in the GOP race, for those who wished for one, was just that: wishful thinking. But it doesn’t mean that the GOP...
If you own or work at a business that requires capital, if the value of your home or other property is important to you, or if you want adequate...
While the law struggles to catch up, candidates and prosecutors must use existing law to try to curb AI-generated disinformation.
Trump may lose in court, but he made the case that a vote for him in 2024 is a vote for presidential lawlessness. Americans must take him at his word.
Black women in academia feel disposable.
What can we learn from George Bailey in "It’s a Wonderful Life"? Without leaders who encourage us to trust in each other, our nation —...
If Donald Trump’s GOP primary opponents are really interested in defeating him, most of them have got an interesting way of showing it. Or rather...
Special counsel Jack Smith’s efforts to hold Donald Trump accountable for trying to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election are...
Trump-appointed federal appellate justices carved up what was left of the crucial civil rights law. And at least two Supreme Court justices are...
Globe Opinion columnist Kimberly Atkins Stohr writes about how to be fashionable and equitable while saving the planet from climate change.
How my life changed when I realized my clothes were killing the planet.
Trumpism lost big in the courtroom and at the polls, proving the rule of law and democracy still matter.
Social media platforms have become central to the way public officials communicate. But the justices still seem unsure of the constitutional rules of...
Gerrymandering built the House chaos. The Supreme Court appears disinclined to do anything about it.
A contempt order against Trump will swiftly be held up by him and his supporters as proof of this false narrative. So what? It would be worse if...
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is the predatory loan police. And the Supreme Court could defund it.
Rulings on crucial rights and protections will turn on one key question: whether they are “deeply rooted in our nation’s history and tradition.”...
Of course, the press must be fair in covering the GOP’s bogus impeachment probe of Biden. But the White House giving the press marching orders...