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The idea of elected officials having a moral duty seems almost quaint in light of what we’ve gone through with Trump’s presidency.
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If the mayor of Washington, D.C., had been a governor, she would have been free to deploy the National Guard as she saw fit during the Capitol riot.
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Joe Biden identified six crises facing the country, but the challenges are deeper and broader. A good place to start would be to respond to the public’s deep need for a sense of connection, of purpose, of meaning in their lives.
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For the Republicans, there’s really no going back to the Reagan-Bush coalition.
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The questions of scientific inquiry — what do we know? how can we prove it? — can be an inoculation against authoritarianism.
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At her Zoom grief group, a daughter discovers ‘heartbroken but whole people’ and a human connection that crosses the virtual divide.
Enter the Fray
Christopher A. Wray is one Trump appointee who deserves to be retained.
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You know, when it comes right down to it, it’s been a fast four years. Or not.
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Trump warned us not to lose faith in ‘values, history, and heroes.’ The sad truth is that he was one of the chief reasons such faith has eroded.
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President Trump broke many norms, but splitting Republicans and Democrats was not one of them.
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Congress has failed for years to fix our broken immigration system. Biden’s immigration proposals could give the members a chance to redeem themselves.
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With the execution Friday night of Dustin Higgs, the Trump administration ended a killing spree unrivaled in modern federal history.
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Th Christian America religion has little to do with Jesus and everything to do with white, patriarchal dominance.
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Everybody’s heard of the My Lai massacre — March 16, 1968, 50 years ago today — but not many know about the man who stopped it: Hugh Thompson, an Army helicopter pilot.
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My grandmother was a Kamala, and now, so is my vice president. Why that means so much to me and so many others.
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Trump’s greatest achievement in office is using mass media, as generations of strongmen have done, to keep followers loyal no matter what.
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Historical observations about language used in the Nazi era mirror our Trumpian time. The list includes lies about stolen victory, hate group slogans and plenty of superlatives.
The 14th Amendment says you can’t hold office and participate in insurrection, but applying it in Congress wouldn’t be easy.
A $9,500 fine for lying about his misdeeds at a Vegas casino? The ex-councilman betrayed Los Angeles, and now he needs to serve time for his crimes.
Republicans will have to abandon the lies they’ve perpetrated — starting with the one about Trump winning the election — before we can all get along.
How densely we live partly determines whether we sicken and die.
For a while, Donald Trump seemed like a new breed of human predator. But as he slinked off the national stage, even his last-gaspers had to concede they were licked. And so was he.
Whites who feel threatened by the rise of Black political power have often romanticized the founders to justify violence.
Having Brooks on stage was a way to reach out to the entire country, including his fans in red states.
With echoes of Lincoln, Biden’s inaugural address was a repudiation of the era we’ve just passed through.
We sail along thinking everything will be as it has always been. Then it all changes in an instant.
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As the country grapples with the role of systemic racism, The Times has committed to examining its past.
All presidential elections are uniquely consequential, but a good case can be made that the next one is the most important of our lives. The time has come to undo the great mistake of 2016 and drive Trump out of office at the ballot box.
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Ideas and commentary on building a livable, sustainable Los Angeles.
A six-part series from the editorial board on the humanitarian crisis unfolds in our streets.
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Gender roles in worship divide liberal and conservative Catholics
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Operation Warp Speed officials proclaimed on Tuesday they were releasing all COVID-19 vaccinations held in reserve. The problem? There was no reserve to release.
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If there is any good to come from this atrocious administration, it’s that Trump has forced a much closer understanding of civics and the Constitution.
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Anti-government sentiment has long been with us (no surprise for a country founded in revolution), but political violence is its most dangerous expression.
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Donald Trump’s absence at Joe Biden’s inauguration concludes four years of trashing the idea of a legitimate opposition.
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Harris’ breakthrough is so desperately needed because this country has worked tirelessly to break Black women.
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An election law specialist issues a warning: Legal rules didn’t ensure a fair election, people did.
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If the U.S. established a Jan. 6 Commission, it could investigate the Capitol attack, affix blame and study how security failed so spectacularly.
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Trump ditched the framework for preserving open land while building wind and solar. Biden should bring it back.
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The former national youth poet laureate deserves all the accolades she is receiving for her poem “The Hill We Climb.”
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Trump’s decision to pardon a man convicted in the USC bribery scandal shows that money can buy one’s way out of any punishment.
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McConnell, who wouldn’t allow witnesses at Trump’s first impeachment trial, now warns against “short-circuiting” the process.
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It would be deeply unjust to allow a well-connected former politician to get a lenient sentence.
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On the anniversary of the first confirmed case of COVID-19 on U.S. soil, Joe Biden has given the nation the pandemic response plan it needs.
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Senate Republicans should recognize that the filibuster hasn’t been their friend, but rather has damaged their popularity and shifted power from Congress to the president.
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Biden’s proposed legislation to reform the immigration system gives Congress a golden opportunity to seek compromises, and to act. It must do so.
