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Our favorite Washington Post op-eds of 2021
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Opinions: pop culture impacted on our columnist on 2021
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The opening video for Elizabeth Holmes schedule by Alexandra Petri
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Ken Burns: Confronting America's shameful, violent history makes us stronger as a nation
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How much of your life will you lose if you go back to the office? Try our calculator.
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How 9/11 conspiracy theories fueled the war on reality | Opinion
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What experts say about who has the world's best health-care system | Opinion
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Facebook: ‘We will treat politicians like anybody else’
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Crime doesn't have to shape low-income neighborhoods. Fixing blight will help.
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Police are facing a crisis of legitimacy. This is what is needed to resolve it.
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Mental illness is not a crime. Police should not respond like it is.
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Police do not stop cycles of violence. Communities do.
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How the Capitol attack unfolded, from inside Trump's rally to the riot | Opinion
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Want to understand the Capitol attack? Learn about political sectarianism. | Opinion
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Opinion | Political tribalism makes these Americans nervous. We asked them why.
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Opinion | Trump's policies separated this mother and son. She wants Biden to help repair the damage.
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Opinion | Inside the 'Million MAGA March': Hate groups, families and false claims of election fraud
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Opinion | You don't need to like Kamala Harris. But you should say her name properly.
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John Lithgow: With Trump, satire addresses the political outrage — but not enough | Opinion
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Opinion | Trump is fueling a covid-19 anti-vaccine movement, but the problem is far bigger
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Opinion | The U.S. election is under attack — from Trump
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Opinion | The Harris-Pence debate was revealing — even if they didn't answer the questions
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Opinion | What we know — and don't know — about Trump's medical condition
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Opinion | The first presidential debate was a disaster. We analyzed it anyway.
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Opinion | Ilhan Omar: Democrats can’t beat Trump just by courting swing voters
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Opinion | Redefining home in a pandemic
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Bob Costas, Kenny Stills: The NFL's patriotism was cynical. National anthem protests were not.
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QAnon and racism are fueling more than U.S. politics. Germany should know. | Opinion
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Opinion | Covid-19 exposed how important health workers are. Elder care is just as essential.
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Opinion | Before we voted, she voted
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Patrisse Cullors: We can cheer Biden and Harris — but still must challenge their problematic past
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Opinion | Voter suppression never went away. It evolved.
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Opinion | After the Beirut explosion, enough is enough. This government must go.
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Opinion | Eviction in a pandemic: Experts warn of unprecedented crisis without federal relief
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Opinion | White people have a racial identity. Here's how to talk about it.
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John Lewis, faith and the civil rights movement — Andrew Young reflects | Opinion
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Opinion | Trump has changed the GOP. Its future looks more like Tucker Carlson than Larry Hogan.
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Opinion | 'Eviction is a death penalty': Renters demand Va. governor stop evictions
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Opinion | The Supreme Court rulings, explained by Ruth Marcus
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Opinion | Trump vs. the coronavirus
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Opinion | What is the 'Southern Strategy'?
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Sen. Biden supports constitutional amendment to criminalize flag burning
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Sen. Biden proposes law to criminalize burning the American flag
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Trump urges prison time for flag burners
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Ken Burns: Our monuments are representations of myth, not fact | Opinion
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Killer Mike: We could avoid 100 more years of racial turmoil by doing the right thing now | Opinion
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Opinion | Trump may be a racist. Discuss.
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Opinion | In Atlanta, this is why we protest
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Opinion | This is why the media should not replay viral videos of black men being killed
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Opinion | Tucker Carlson's guide to injustice
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Watch how this fence blocking the White House has transformed into protest art
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Opinion | Trump's 'law and order' tendencies are straight out of Nixon's 1960s
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Opinion | Will Georgia protesters show up at the voting booth?
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Opinion | The rot in policing has spread beyond just 'a few bad apples'
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Opinion | Press freedom was once an American value. Don't let attacking it become one now.
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Opinion | This is propaganda
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Opinion | This essential worker is sleeping in her car to avoid exposing her family to covid-19
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The National Spelling Bee is canceled — so Post Opinions held its own
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Don't let mail-in voting be thwarted by badly designed ballots
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Opinion | Vice President Biden, you need black women voters. This is how to win us.
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Opinion | Lessons from Ahmaud Arbery's killing — that you already knew
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Opinion | The media should not let Joe Biden off the hook on Tara Reade the way Democrats have
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Opinion | The White House needs to answer coronavirus questions, not play musical chairs with CNN
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Opinion | The Trump-Fox News coronavirus misinformation campaign has real consequences
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Opinion | 'We are not sacrificial lambs': A nurse's message to other nurses
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Opinion | U.S. diplomatic cables warned of Wuhan lab safety issues. The world needs answers.
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Opinion | Trump's pandemic press briefings have redefined 'unhinged'
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Opinion | Covid-19 threatened to kill this restaurant. It turned into a community kitchen instead.
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Opinion | For domestic violence victims, pandemic lockdown is a time to plan the escape
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Opinion | Don't broadcast Trump’s press briefings live. They contain more questions than answers.
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Opinion | This is why some black men fear wearing face masks during a pandemic
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Opinion | Covid-19 forced this Maryland doctor to close. His care extends beyond the clinic.
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Trump responds to HHS watchdog report revealing severe testing supply shortages
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Opinion | Sean Hannity wants to rewrite history on Fox's coronavirus coverage. He can't.
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Opinion | The improbability of Nancy Pelosi
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Opinion | I survived solitary confinement. You can survive self-isolating.
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Opinion | Coronavirus could change how we vote in the general election. That's not necessarily bad.
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Opinion | Trump fans believe him over the media on coronavirus. This is dangerous.
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Opinion | Beating Trump? This bus driver wants candidates to beat child hunger.
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Opinion | Black voter to candidates: Fix inequality, don't pander
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Opinion | He loves Trump, so he voted for Bernie Sanders
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