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Race Is a Social Construct, But It Still Matters

From the colonial era to the El Paso shooting, the social impact of race is enormous.

I’m sick of the government claiming it “protects” me by locking up my immigrant neighbors while their kids are at school.

Community colleges are a crucial stepping stone, and they cost far less than four-year schools. They should be free.

People of color and white rural populations are going to suffer the most from the EPA’s war on renewable power.

Trump doesn’t want a wall — he wants a crisis, even if he has to cause it himself.

It’s about asking whether we need an immigration system that terrorizes the least dangerous people in this country.

Who’s going to say otherwise?

Being gay in Montana taught me you don’t just come out once — it’s a continual process of deciding who should know, and who shouldn’t.

Social security helps, but growing inequality means millions of elders are just barely making it.

The Great Emancipator was an open white supremacist who wanted to send freed black people “back to Africa.”