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The goal of a reconciled and unified America won’t be easy.
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Pray that luck is on our side for this one.
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Republican governors shouldn’t rely on “personal responsibility” alone.
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White evangelicals turned out in mind-boggling numbers to support the president at the polls.
The city’s material support of the Capitol Hill Organized Protest violated residents’ constitutional rights.
The conspiracy theory of the stolen election of 2020 is here to stay.
The defeat of Proposition 16 portends a bleak future for race-conscious practices.
It was a Trumpian illusion that this group’s global power would vanish.
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The six-feet requirement is keeping kids out of school. We need more reasonable guidelines.
  • 3 days ago
In the next crisis, the supply-chain shortages could be in electric transformers or rare earths or basic computer components — and we’d better be ready.
  • 3 days ago
This new policy will encourage fast, sloppy investigations and prosecutions.
  • 4 days ago
The clearest mandate to come out of the 2020 election was the clear message that Americans want to control their own lives.
  • 4 days ago
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A report on former cardinal McCarrick lays bare that the hierarchy cannot police itself.
As Trump paralyzes Washington, Beijing neuters the city’s legislature.
Mr. Trump’s efforts to overturn the election are focusing on Michigan, and GOP leaders are complicit.
Health systems are on the brink of being overwhelmed, and strong action is needed to prevent thousands of deaths.
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Their success outside Northern Virginia should show a path forward — and serve as a warning to Democrats.
We expect to see real progress from the 2021 legislative session.
  • Nov 6
Even if renters aren’t removed from their homes, the damage is done.
  • Nov 6
There will be no rest for the weary because, once the presidential race is settled, campaigns for the commonwealth's statewide races begin.
  • Nov 4
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