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Svante Myrick, Opinion Contributor

Svante Myrick, Opinion Contributor

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Conservatives' savage child labor agenda wants kids working more for less

There’s just no way that we in 2024 should accept a status quo in which children are forced to do exhausting, dangerous, demanding jobs that...

22.04.2024 30

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Svante Myrick, Opinion Contributor

Conspiracies and cynical indifference are the right's latest climate strategy

Science denialism — especially when it comes to climate change — is also embedded in Republican Party orthodoxy.  

15.04.2024 5

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Senators: Don’t let the Islamophobic agenda targeting Adeel Mangi win

We’re watching him being hounded by some of the most mean-spirited, bigoted attacks imaginable by people who are weaponizing Islamophobia against...

08.04.2024 6

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America must check its ageism at the ballot box

Of all the toxic “isms” we’re trying to purge from our society, ageism is one of the most stubborn. 

01.04.2024 3

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Our imaginary racial equity is destroying the tools that can achieve it

It was never true that we were somehow past the point of needing equity-focused laws and policies in this country.

18.03.2024 3

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Fed-up progressive justices are calling out the majority's agenda

It’s time to stop pretending the Supreme Court is still the nonpartisan institution it once might have been; the current majority has been captured...

11.03.2024 30

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Svante Myrick, Opinion Contributor

The GOP's IVF flip-flopping shows it's caught in its own trap

It’s also just the latest example of the strategy in today’s GOP; say one thing and do another whenever it’s politically expedient.   

04.03.2024 4

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Trump's enemies list is growing, and so are the odds that you're on it

I wonder if our collective response would be different if more people knew they could be targeted and their lives upended. 

26.02.2024 6

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Exposing deepfakes should top 2024’s voter education agenda

If we can’t stop deepfakes, we have to inoculate the voting public against being deceived by them.

19.02.2024 6

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Svante Myrick, Opinion Contributor

President Biden deserves a well-earned victory lap on judges

Biden judges are now moving the needle on American jurisprudence, making landmark rulings on gun safety, abortion, the environment, workers’...

12.02.2024 10

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A radical and counterintuitive proposition to save democracy: forgiveness

Many of our political differences and disagreements fall away if we believe there are two camps we can join now: people who want to preserve our...

05.02.2024 10

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Five executive orders Biden can issue to protect elections before it's too late

We can’t stress enough the need for action, now, to prevent the kind of voter suppression, disinformation and intimidation we saw in 2022.   

29.01.2024 7

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Norman Lear: A Hollywood legend’s lasting DC legacy

At the height of his success in television, he committed himself to the defense of democracy when he founded People For the American Way to “stir...

22.01.2024 5

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Clarence Thomas cannot be allowed to decide if Trump is above the law

Trust is the currency our justice system trades in, and Thomas already has very little in the bank.

16.01.2024 20

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Haley’s revisionist history marches in lockstep with the GOP agenda  

Haley’s non-answer in New Hampshire was nothing if not a herald of what is to come if MAGA standard-bearers — not just Trump himself — win this...

08.01.2024 4

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State governments are ready and waiting to strip citizens' rights in 2024

State governments can and will take hundreds of actions with the potential to save, improve — or ruin — lives.   

27.12.2023 4

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Our rights are at risk: There’s no time to waste on judicial confirmations

Next year will be the last in which we can be sure of two things: a Biden presidency and Senate leadership that is committed to confirming his...

04.12.2023 4

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Giving thanks for the selfless heroes fighting for the soul of democracy

Today I am thankful for everybody who is trying to make this country — and this world — a better place.

20.11.2023 3

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Despite their decisive victories, Democrats can't let their guard down

I’d say the best posture for Democrats to adopt right now could be called “constructive panic.”

13.11.2023 4

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Low confidence in a chaotic government is just what the GOP ordered

They share a toxic view that the government does more harm than good, and they are not in Congress to solve people’s problems, but to use...

30.10.2023 1

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Outreach, not blame, can bring Black voters to the polls

This is a plea to every organization that intends to launch a get-out-the-vote campaign in the coming months: Don’t ignore or give up on so-called...

23.10.2023 3

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The fantasy that indictments will stop Donald Trump is fading fast

If a second Trump presidency is one of your worst fears, it’s time to face it head-on.  

16.10.2023 2

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The conservative juggernaut that’s quietly writing the majority out of US laws

Fifty years of ALEC as a dominant force in conservative politics is more than enough.

09.10.2023 2

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No Labels’ friendly facade masks its threat to America’s future 

Every indication is that a No Labels run would maximize drama and disruption without offering anything of value to voters. 

25.09.2023 10

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Virginia's elections are a bellwether for conservative policy nationwide

America will be watching Virginia, starting right now. 

18.09.2023 1

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Alabama's not the only state that's drawing up racist voting maps

For millions of Americans, this is personal.

11.09.2023 2

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Watch live: Ken Paxton impeachment trial

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s (R) impeachment trial in the Lone Star State is continuing into its fourth day on Friday. As The Hill’s Saul...

08.09.2023 2

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Svante Myrick, Opinion Contributor

The right's war on prosecutors is a direct attack on voters

When those chosen are prevented from enforcing the law, the police and justice system risk becoming little more than an occupying army.

08.09.2023 2

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