Civil Rights

Reckoning With Slavery

boston.com — Welcome is the news of a museum for African-American history—because how we remember our past shapes our future.

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Return To America's Purpose

madison.com — America was founded to promote the public good over the king's interests. It's time we lived up to that basic charter.

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Money Motivations

To understand the partisan nature of the Abramoff scandal, look at who cared about tribal interests before they met Jack. more »


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Friends At Long Last

The United States and Iran can't seem to agree on nuclear weapons, but they've managed to find common ground on a different issue: disdain for gay and lesbian rights. more »

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Crashing Davos

After years of ignoring the social contract, this elite gathering may soon find the party is coming to an end. more »

Bush: I Am The State

washingtonpost.com — To questions yesterday on NSA spying, Abramoff and Katrina, the president had no good answers.

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Wedges and Winning: Your Letters

Where Dems should focus in 2006; student loan woes; turning the clock back on abortion: Readers react in this week's letters. more »

Twice Victimized

The Bush administration will do anything to keep the far right in good graces—even deny contraception to rape victims. more »

Rejecting Bin Laden And Cheney

A pragmatic center that scorns Osama-and-Dick-style political extremism is taking shape in the Middle East. more »

Reproductive Regression

An increase in illegal abortions isn't a theoretical outcome of Roe someday being overturned. It's already happening. more »