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Avoiding Unpopular Issues Doesn’t Make Them Go Away

It’s politically savvy for Democrats to avoid wading into the “critical race theory” culture war. It’s also a dereliction of duty.

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Senator Ron Johnson raises his hand while addressing reporters at a press conference on Capitol Hill

Republicans Are on the Brink of Embracing the Capitol Rioters

The party once freely condemned the would-be insurrectionists who attempted to waylay democracy. You’d hardly know it now.

Supporters of the Black Lives Matter movement gather in Washington Square Park.

The Specter of Critical Race Theory Is Rotting Republicans’ Brains

Transforming the academic study of structural racism into a vague grab bag of villainy has been useful fodder for moral panic while the GOP figures out how to attack Joe Biden.