When the framers designed the Constitution to protect against tyranny, they had a moment just like this in mind.Â
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Congress Should Be Ready to Arrest Attorney General Barr if He Defies Subpoena
How lawmakers can counter the president’s most dangerous power grab yet.
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Trump Did What Nixon Did, but Today’s GOP Won’t Convict
With the assistance of Fox News and its ilk, Republicans have cocooned themselves against all evidence.
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Most Devastating of All: Mueller’s Indictment of Trump’s Character
Even though Mueller apparently doesn’t believe a sitting president can be indicted, he provides a devastating indictment of Trump’s character.
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The Bad History Informing the Impeachment Debate
Cautious Democrats seeking to avoid impeaching Donald Trump are making a mangle of the past and misreading the present.
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Getting Serious About Power
Can we learn something about the right’s strategic coherence without emulating either their ideas or their contempt for democracy?
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The Road to Ending Mass Incarceration Goes Through the DA’s Office
Reform is under way at the nerve center of the penal state, but it won’t be enough. Â
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How to Help the Multiple Victims of a Wrongful Conviction
Restorative justice may open a path to healing for the exonerated, the state, and even the victim of the original crime.
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Prison Advocates Declare Win as Proposed Prison Phone Industry Merger Dies
Last year, two prison phone company giants, Securus and Inmate Calling Solutions (ICS) announced they planned to merge, sparking concerns of duopoly in an industry already dominated by a just a few major players. Such consolidation has long impacted poor people and those of color disproportionately, along with their families, as prison phone companies charge […]
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Trump Cornered
As investigations close in, the president’s rhetoric is turning more desparate—and more violent.Â
