Opinion
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The Republican Party Is the Anti-Democracy Party
The word “democracy” never appears in the Declaration of Independence or the Constitution. However, democracy is central to the modern…
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The Anti-Abortion Movement Needs Minority Rule
One side effect of Roe v. Wade was that it allowed the anti-abortion movement to pretend to be on the…
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Is It All About ‘Fealty to Trump’s Delusions’? Three Writers Talk About Where the G.O.P. Is Headed
Ross Douthat, a Times Opinion columnist, hosted an online conversation with Rachel Bovard, the policy director at the Conservative Partnership…
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Pelosi in Taiwan: Sharp Views All Around
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It’s Been a ‘Summer of Disasters,’ and It’s Only Half Over
“We’re naming summer ‘Danger Season’ in the U.S.,” wrote Kristy Dahl, the principal climate scientist for the Union of Concerned…
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Why the Defense of Abortion in Kansas Is So Powerful
TOPEKA, Kan. — Lines of Kansas voters, resolute in the August sun and 100-degree heat, stretched beyond the doors of…
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A Cynical Low for the Democratic Party
On the first anniversary of the Jan. 6 attacks at the U.S. Capitol, Roy Cooper, the governor of North Carolina,…
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Would We Have Paid Parental Leave if More Moms Were in Congress?
In “Electable: Why America Hasn’t Put a Woman in the White House … Yet,” the NBC News Capitol Hill correspondent…
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Trump Has Big Plans for 2025
As he contemplates a third straight run for the presidency, Donald Trump has a multimillion-dollar political machine and a network…
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The Bad Faith of the New Religious Right
Produced by ‘The Argument’ The sweeping rise of Christian nationalism on the right has taken extreme forms since the election…