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June 9, 2020
Matt Ford
The Glaring Hole in the Democrats’ Police Reform Bill
The proposed legislation does little to reform the federal law enforcement agencies that have flooded the capital in recent weeks.
June 9, 2020
Melissa Gira Grant
The Rush to Redefine “Defund the Police”
An abolitionist demand rose to mainstream prominence. Now every politician and cable news talking head is suddenly an expert.
June 9, 2020
Magazine
David Roth
American Psycho
Jared Kushner—climber, sycophant, snob—is the perfect avatar of elite incompetence for our times.
June 9, 2020
Andrew J. Bacevich
Will 2020 Finally Kill America’s War Fetish?
The U.S. has historically chosen war to address all kinds of problems: terror, drugs, unfriendly countries. This time is different.
June 8, 2020
Libby Watson
No Slogan Is Safe From Politicians
Mitt Romney tweeted that “Black Lives Matter.” D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser painted it on the street. But will they fight for true reform? (Probably not.)
June 8, 2020
Rebecca Pierce
The Limits and Dangers of a Fixation on “Nonviolence”
On peaceful protest, “outside agitators,” and the radical agency of the oppressed
June 8, 2020
Magazine
Matt Ford
Bill Barr’s Invisible Crusade
Trump’s attorney general sees himself as a grand cultural inquisitor.
June 8, 2020
Bruce Bartlett
He Is Even Dumber Than We Thought
Four years in office have only convinced more Americans that the Trump might not be a stable genius.
June 8, 2020
Walter Shapiro
The Revolt of the Center-Right
Prominent Republicans are balking at voting for Trump. Could it cost him the election?
June 7, 2020
Osita Nwanevu
Tom Cotton and the Elite Media’s Dalliance With Illiberalism
How the elimination of constitutional rights became an irresistible argument in the world of mainstream ideas.
June 5, 2020
Timothy Noah
Donald Trump Is Celebrating the Wrong Economic Accomplishment
The president wants credit for a largely illusory blip of improvement in the job market. He should be going all-in on the $600 sweeteners.
June 5, 2020
Alex Shephard
Rethinking the Press’s Relationship With Police
For too long, media outlets have treated cops with credulity and protesters with skepticism. That’s all changing.
June 5, 2020
Casey Taylor
Nihilism and White Bliss in America’s Most Livable City
On Pittsburgh, the canonization of Mario Lemieux, and stories white progressives like to tell
June 5, 2020
Peter Manseau
The Christian Martyrdom Movement Ascends to the White House
A former professor of Kayleigh McEnany, Trump’s new press secretary, explores her enduring obsession with religious persecution and death.
June 5, 2020
J.C. Pan
After Defunding the Police, Nationalize Their Benefits
Police unions have secured some of the most robust benefit packages in the country. Why shouldn’t everyone have that?
June 5, 2020
Matt Ford
This Is a Good Moment to Hear Joe Biden’s Thoughts on Attorneys General
With the Justice Department in full collapse, the presumptive nominee could spark a timely discussion about its future leadership.
June 4, 2020
Libby Watson
At
The New York Times,
an Uprising Over James Bennet’s Incompetence
The paper’s staff is in an incandescent rage over the decision to publish an op-ed calling for the violent disruption of First Amendment rights.
June 4, 2020
Linda Tirado
Police Blinded Me in One Eye. I Can Still See Why My Country’s on Fire.
“All anyone wants to talk about is freedom of the press, if I am angry, what I will do next. I am angry—but no more than I was this time last week.”
June 4, 2020
Matt Farwell
The Militarization of the American Hometown
As police everywhere roll through neighborhoods with battlefield hardware, an Afghanistan vet’s family learns there’s no escaping war.
June 4, 2020
Libby Watson
The Stock Market Is an Engine of Civic Destruction
The chief mechanism of wealth accumulation relentlessly and unfailingly pits the American people against their elected representatives.
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