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Svante Myrick, Opinion Contributor

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In Texas, religious freedom and parental rights are only for Christians

How else do you explain people who say they oppose “indoctrination” in public schools, but want to turn elementary school classrooms into Sunday...

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Trump has no use for the Senate: Why not get rid of it?

With his demand for Congress to allow recess appointments for his executive and judicial appointments, Trump is letting his imperial side show.

09.12.2024 2

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Senate Democrats owe the nation a fight for Biden’s judicial nominees

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...

25.11.2024 6

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A closing argument for Harris's vision over Trump's venom

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...

04.11.2024 6

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Get ready: Republican election disruption is coming

Whichever presidential candidate is leading on that night, and however many ballots still need to be counted, Donald Trump will claim victory and dare...

14.10.2024 8

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The left has a Soros problem, but not the one you think  

The right has done everything in its power to make “Soros-backed” an epithet aimed at silencing progressives. 

08.10.2024 7

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After years of undermining third parties, conservatives want one of their own  

Former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) is saying what many traditional Republicans must be thinking: Conservatives might need to start a new political...

30.09.2024 3

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All artists, including Taylor Swift, have a role in politics and democracy

While politicians try to appeal to voters’ heads with things like statistics and policy papers, art appeals to the heart.

23.09.2024 7

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America is over the 'Moms For Liberty' culture wars

Any way you look at it, the big Moms for Liberty event in Washington, D.C. on Labor Day weekend was a flop. 

12.09.2024 4

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A plan to solidify Biden’s legacy on judges

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...

03.09.2024 10

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The right's killjoy politics only fuel Harris's momentum

I — we — have had enough of creepy authoritarians trying to censor art, ban books and steal our joy.

26.08.2024 9

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Unity, enthusiasm as this year’s DNC begins

The Kamala Harris-Tim Walz campaign is arriving here along with a crescendo of enthusiasm that started with its very recent inception this summer.

19.08.2024 4

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Without reform, America can't trust its Supreme Court

It’s time to get serious about restoring trust in the court because the court’s power relies on trust and respect.   

05.08.2024 9

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Unsurprising racism and sexism won’t stop Kamala Harris

MAGA-supporting Republicans set a land speed record rolling out sexist and racist attacks against Vice President Kamala Harris.

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Five ideas to cut political violence at its roots

We have to do more as a society to reduce the risk of political violence, and here are five ways we can start.      

22.07.2024 10

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Biden’s selfless patriotism is America’s second chance

It’s like a deep, cleansing breath to realize that President Biden’s announcement clears the way for a new generation of leadership.

21.07.2024 2

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With or without Biden, this election's stakes couldn't be higher

Do you want a democracy that creates more opportunity for all, or do you want a greedy, authoritarian theocracy focused on dangerous grievances?

11.07.2024 6

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America’s gerontocracy is a problem. These young candidates just might be the solution

Young people who are willing to serve in office are making a choice when it comes to our imperfect system and imperfect democracy.

02.07.2024 7

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Louisiana’s Ten Commandments law is the tip of a Christian nationalist iceberg 

It all comes down to this: Who gets to be a full-fledged, fully respected member of American society?

24.06.2024 20

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The right's next 'don't say gay' target is children's programs

Their smears are inflaming homophobia to demonize vulnerable people and build power.

17.06.2024 30

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Trump’s insulting Black voter strategy is Biden's shot at redemption  

Trump is making a serious strategic error in trying to win Black voters by touting his criminal record.

10.06.2024 30

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Butker’s misogyny is not unique, it’s the conservative agenda

There’s a good chance a second Trump term, run according to a Project 2025 blueprint that prescribes a “biblical” worldview to guide the...

28.05.2024 10

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70 years after Brown, we’re fighting the same battles over again

This is a good time to remind ourselves how much Brown changed this country, and how much we don’t want to backslide.

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The GOP's blind gun loyalty is about to hit a Gen Z wall

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...

06.05.2024 60

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America's reproductive rights nightmare is entering a crucial week

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...

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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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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 10

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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 10

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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. 

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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...

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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 30

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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 10

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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 6

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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 6

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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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