The attorney general is courting law enforcement by reducing accountability and renewing a war on people of color.
Adele M. Stan
Adele M. Stan is a columnist for The American Prospect. She is editor of Right Wing Watch, and a winner of the Hillman Prize for Opinion & Analysis Journalism.
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Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
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Posted inCivil Rights in America
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Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
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Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
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Absent his standard percussive delivery, Trump’s hateful rhetoric is even more dangerous.
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Milo and the Moral Corruption of the Conservative Movement
He may not be an ideological conservative, but the movement created him. Now it must own him and the hatred he spews.
Posted inAmerica and the World
What Does Flynn Know About Trump?
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Posted inLaw and Justice
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