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The Most Dangerous Time for Women’s Rights in Decades

Merely banning abortion isn’t enough for some on the rabid right — a few are even threatening women with the death penalty.

When powerful people complain about “purity tests,” it means they’re being pressured in ways they don’t like.

Mass incarceration is now a bipartisan concern. Its effects on our democracy should be, too.

Racial discrimination is illegal even if it’s religiously based. Why should LGBTQ discrimination be any different?

The president’s not so veiled incitements against Rep. Ilhan Omar betray a dark legacy.

If the minimum wage had kept up with Wall Street bonuses, it would be worth $33 today, instead of just $7.25.

My child has fought her whole life for her right to exist. This administration wants to take that away.

Big ag companies killed family farms and polluted our water, while politicians blamed our immigrant neighbors. Let’s not turn on each other again.

The policies Republicans smear as Stalinist are a good deal more popular than their own.

The former vice president has managed to be on the wrong side of virtually every debate on the left in the last few decades.