Conscience clauses are just the beginning—genetic counselors are on a collision course with state-level abortion politics.Â
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Beyond Corruption
Plutocrats don’t need to bribe anyone to distort our system beyond any reasonable conception of democracy.
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The News Isn’t the Silencing. It’s the Debate
The strange idea of keeping American Jews from arguing about Israel is going out of fashion.
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Some Notes on the Outrage Industrial Complex
Liberals are now just as able as conservatives to find obscure people to hold up to ridicule. Does it matter?
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Hobby Lobby and the Return of the “Negro Travelers’ Green Book”
If businesses are allowed to discriminate citing religious beliefs, then get ready to see some ugly throwbacks to pre-Civil Rights Era America. Â
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After the Midterms: Impeachment?
The rhetoric surrounding the president has always been extreme, but how far could it go this year?
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Disrespecting Your Defender
As he insults the Obama administration, Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon weakens his own country.
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The GOP’s Racial Dog Whistling and the Social Safety Net
Republicans’ coded language is as much about riling up animus towards the very existence of certain social programs as it is hate-mongering.
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The Decline of Conservative Publishing
The days when any two-bit hack with an anti-liberal screed could get on the bestseller lists are apparently behind us.
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The Strange Bedfellows of the Anti-Contraception Alliance
Evangelicals and Catholics didn’t always share the same views on contraception and abortion. A look at how their alliance came to be and how it’s shaping crucial legal battles.Â
