Ideas

On February 12, 1981, 16-year-old Sherry Parsons returned home from high school in the small town of Norwalk, Ohio, and found a strangely…
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In the early years of the 1980s, I was fooling around with a novel that explored a future in which the United States had become disunited.…
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The relationship between public opinion and the codification of rights is not linear. Public opinion lagged decades behind the courts on the…
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Last month, Michigan state Senator Mallory McMorrow became an overnight sensation in progressive circles. After a colleague accused her of…
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Sign up for Derek’s newsletter here.The American economy isn’t looking great right now. U.S. GDP shrank last quarter, despite a hearty…
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One of the most dangerous elements of Donald Trump’s attempt to steal the 2020 election is how it collapsed the gap between two distinct…
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“Before I turn to the Word,” the preacher announces, “I’m gonna do another diatribe.”“Go on!” one man yells. “Amen!” shouts a woman several…
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One of the most dangerous elements of Donald Trump’s attempt to steal the 2020 election is how it collapsed the gap between two distinct…
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In Soviet films, on Soviet posters, in Soviet poetry and songs, the typical Red Army soldier was hale and hearty, simple and…
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With the Supreme Court poised to overturn Roe v. Wade, abortion access for tens of millions of women and girls across the nation may soon be…
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