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Svante Myrick, Opinion ContributorThe Hill |
How else do you explain people who say they oppose “indoctrination” in public schools, but want to turn elementary school classrooms into Sunday...
With his demand for Congress to allow recess appointments for his executive and judicial appointments, Trump is letting his imperial side show.
It’s important to understand the contrast between the exceptional nominees that may be left behind and the kind of nominees we can expect to see...
Her view of what it means to enjoy the blessings of democracy is the antithesis of Trump’s vision, which insists that only some people get full...
Whichever presidential candidate is leading on that night, and however many ballots still need to be counted, Donald Trump will claim victory and dare...
The right has done everything in its power to make “Soros-backed” an epithet aimed at silencing progressives.
Former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) is saying what many traditional Republicans must be thinking: Conservatives might need to start a new political...
While politicians try to appeal to voters’ heads with things like statistics and policy papers, art appeals to the heart.
Any way you look at it, the big Moms for Liberty event in Washington, D.C. on Labor Day weekend was a flop.
It is time for the full Senate under the leadership of Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) to bring the remaining nominees in the pipeline to a...
I — we — have had enough of creepy authoritarians trying to censor art, ban books and steal our joy.
The Kamala Harris-Tim Walz campaign is arriving here along with a crescendo of enthusiasm that started with its very recent inception this summer.
It’s time to get serious about restoring trust in the court because the court’s power relies on trust and respect.
MAGA-supporting Republicans set a land speed record rolling out sexist and racist attacks against Vice President Kamala Harris.
We have to do more as a society to reduce the risk of political violence, and here are five ways we can start.
It’s like a deep, cleansing breath to realize that President Biden’s announcement clears the way for a new generation of leadership.
Do you want a democracy that creates more opportunity for all, or do you want a greedy, authoritarian theocracy focused on dangerous grievances?
Young people who are willing to serve in office are making a choice when it comes to our imperfect system and imperfect democracy.
It all comes down to this: Who gets to be a full-fledged, fully respected member of American society?
Their smears are inflaming homophobia to demonize vulnerable people and build power.
Trump is making a serious strategic error in trying to win Black voters by touting his criminal record.
There’s a good chance a second Trump term, run according to a Project 2025 blueprint that prescribes a “biblical” worldview to guide the...
This is a good time to remind ourselves how much Brown changed this country, and how much we don’t want to backslide.
After all, young progressives aren’t the only ones who grew up in an era of school shootings and other mass violence: Today’s young Republicans...
Whole generations of people who came of age after Roe are experiencing, or about to experience, a nightmare scenario that hasn’t existed for people...
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...
Science denialism — especially when it comes to climate change — is also embedded in Republican Party orthodoxy.
We’re watching him being hounded by some of the most mean-spirited, bigoted attacks imaginable by people who are weaponizing Islamophobia against...
Of all the toxic “isms” we’re trying to purge from our society, ageism is one of the most stubborn.
It was never true that we were somehow past the point of needing equity-focused laws and policies in this country.
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...
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.
I wonder if our collective response would be different if more people knew they could be targeted and their lives upended.
If we can’t stop deepfakes, we have to inoculate the voting public against being deceived by them.
Biden judges are now moving the needle on American jurisprudence, making landmark rulings on gun safety, abortion, the environment, workers’...
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...
We can’t stress enough the need for action, now, to prevent the kind of voter suppression, disinformation and intimidation we saw in 2022.
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...
Trust is the currency our justice system trades in, and Thomas already has very little in the bank.
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...
State governments can and will take hundreds of actions with the potential to save, improve — or ruin — lives.
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...