While Christian leadership has held fast against the changing tide of public opinion on same-sex marriage, congregations have moved on without them.
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20-Week Abortion Bans: Coming to a City Near You?
On Tuesday, Albuquerque residents will vote on the first local ban on abortion after 20 weeks.
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Civil-Rights Law Dodges a Bullet in Mount Holly
Good news! A crucial civil-rights case will no longer involve the Roberts Court.
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Conservative Billionaires Selflessly Provide Economic Stimulus
They spent even more in the 2012 election than you probably thought, to no discernable effect.
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Memo to Democratic Chicken Littles: The Sky Is Not Falling
Yes, this is a politically difficult moment for President Obama. But everyone needs to chill out.
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“Double Down” Was Written for Morning Joe—Not Posterity
The campaign books of Mark Halperin and John Heilemann are not designed to be read. They are written as fodder for cable TV news.
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Moderating Influences
Without taking Iranian leaders who stand on their country’s middle ground seriously, the West is doomed to stalemate on nuclear talks.
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Judging Obama’s ACA Fix
It’s too bad we got to this point, but it seems designed to minimize the damage.
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A Song of Support for the ACA from the Mississippi Delta
“We care about each other and we need a healthy a future. We know the ACA can help us get there.” In a laundromat, on the bleachers of a football field, and in a church, a group of young people dance, sing, and tell stories of friends and family in Shelby, Mississippi who need access […]
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Obamacare’s Critical Moment
The controversy over those who want to keep their junk insurance plans has given Republicans their best chance yet to sabotage the law. Democrats would be crazy to help them.