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Retire This Dehumanizing Language About Immigrants

Human beings fleeing persecution are not a “flood” or “surge.” And it’s not “illegal” when they cross the border to seek asylum.

When you hear why politicians wanted to ban marijuana in the first place, you’ll understand why our century of prohibition can’t end soon enough.

In my first job after college, I was an assistant to Harry Belafonte. There was nobody better to learn from about justice and the arts.

The mounting scandals surrounding Clarence Thomas show the danger of lifetime appointments without ethical standards.

It’s hard enough being a teacher at all, but cruel new laws are putting dedicated LGBTQ teachers in particular danger. When will the madness end?

Welcome rule changes have shortened MLB games — but owners are pushing beer sales later into shorter games. That could have deadly consequences.

As more senseless shootings claim lives, it’s time to turn away from apocalyptic rhetoric and focus on what actually makes us safer.

Clarence Thomas’s motives do not appear to be complicated.

90 percent of Americans trust their local librarians, but outside groups are invading communities with demands to ban books and shut down services.

Across the country, GOP-backed “preemption” bills are stealing power away from the people’s representatives.