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Why We Still Need Pride Parades

Pride parades are safe spaces in a country where LGBTQ people can be harassed, fired, and denied housing or even medical care.

American symbols? Sacred! American values? Eh.

Trump wanted to use the Postal Service to hit back at Amazon, but he may end up doing the opposite.

Both are bad, but Scott Pruitt’s abuse of our environment is far more dangerous than his abuse of taxpayer money.

Some rich people fly first class to fancy hotels. Others fly private jets to private islands.

The president’s offer to pardon people unjustly behind bars is a welcome one. But he could do so, so much more.

We’re the wealthiest country on earth, but over 40 percent of us live in or near poverty.

The newest plank of immigration enforcement? Kidnapping children and piling them into detention centers.

40 percent of women fast-food workers have been sexually harassed at work. I was one — and McDonald’s did nothing about it.

Keeping local police out of the deportation business actually means safer communities.