The American dream collides with tragedy in a historic, largely immigrant community in Philadelphia that’s one of the epicenters of the nation’s fentanyl crisis.
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Black Men Deserve Better Pandering From the Harris Campaign
Crypto and weed are not how to advertise her ideas for this group.
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What Is the Fare Evasion Equation?
New York asks that question after officers shoot and wound an alleged fare evader.
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Texas State Police Gear Up for Massive Expansion of Surveillance Tech
DPS plans to spend millions in taxpayer dollars on a controversial software, used first as part of Gov. Abbott’s border crackdown, to ‘disrupt potential domestic terrorism.’
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The Election Story Nobody Wants to Talk About
A Q&A with David Neiwert, America’s foremost writer and thinker on far-right extremism, on what might happen if Trump wins—or loses
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Ain’t Nuthin but a Centrist Party
Can the Democrats avoid the impulse to turn right?
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The Harris Enigma
Today on TAP: What exactly does Kamala Harris stand for? What kind of president would she likely be?
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The Playbook for Improving the Secret Service Has Been Around Since 2015
That’s when a congressional committee issued a 435-page analysis of its failings, whose key recommendations have yet to be implemented.
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Could a Trump Dictatorship Be Resisted?
If he is the next president, we could see civil disobedience on an unprecedented scale. Better to keep him out of the White House in the first place.
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A Fighter for the Working Class
Journalist Linda Tirado is dying after being shot by cops while covering the George Floyd protests. Her work told the story of poverty from the inside out.