politics
N.Y. state AFL-CIO endorses incumbent Gov. Andrew Cuomo
July 6, 2018“We can have a New York where our leaders no longer rule by bullying and fear, but actually fight for and win victories."
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Germans battle the rise of their own brand of ‘Trumpism’
July 5, 2018Like their counterparts in the U.S., the German right is using anti-immigrant hysteria to draw attention away from the serious threat it poses to democracy and peace.
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Alito’s folly, part 2: SCOTUS abuses history in Janus decision
July 5, 2018Making public institutions untenable by starving them of funding is basically an attack on the public sphere itself.
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Senators oppose Trump family-splitter for top consumer job
July 3, 2018Law students currently doing summer clerkships at the CFPB will have more experience with consumer-credit regulation than the nominee to lead the bureau.
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‘The First Purge’: A horror movie terrifyingly close to reality
July 3, 2018Sometimes movies are terrifying not for their monsters and ghouls, but because they hold up a mirror to the atrocities of our reality.
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