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A Supreme Court Justice Who Moved From Defending Slavery to Championing Civil Rights

On March 19, 1906, in a horrific act of terror that had become all too common in the South, a white mob descended on a Chattanooga jail and dragged a…

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How the hell did we get right here?

Explaining the Proper is a weekly sequence that appears at what the…

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Liberating Widmer: An aunt’s journey to El Salvador’s infamous CECOT jail

Jhoanna Sanguino was 11 years outdated when she held her nephew in…

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Republicans leap to defend senator’s rancid feedback about Minnesota killings

Congressional Cowards is a weekly sequence highlighting the cowards on Capitol Hill,…

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Dad and mom of males illegally despatched to El Salvador beg you to not look away

Mirelys Casique’s line went quiet earlier than the sound of stifled tears…

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White House defends July 4 gatherings amid variant fears

The White House said Monday it sees little risk in holding a July Fourth celebration amid concerns about the fast-moving…

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Supreme Court pass on transgender bathroom case frustrates conservatives

The Supreme Court took a pass Monday on a legal challenge over shared restrooms for transgender students at a Virginia…

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Facebook Antitrust Cases Brought By FTC and States Are Thrown Out

WASHINGTON — In a stunning setback to regulators’ efforts to break up Facebook, a federal judge on Monday threw out…

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California bans state-funded travel to 5 states over anti-L.G.B.T.Q. laws.

California will ban state-funded travel to Arkansas, Florida, Montana, North Dakota and West Virginia in response to anti-L.G.B.T.Q. legislation in…

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High Lumber Prices Add Urgency to a Decades-Old Trade Fight

In 2016, toward the end of the Obama administration, the American lumber industry petitioned the government to impose duties on…

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Trump returns to campaign trail in Ohio, calls Biden ‘a total catastrophe’

WELLINGTON, Ohio — Former President Trump made his triumphant return to the campaign trail and social media on Saturday night,…

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Sasse proposes Congressional Gold Medal for Hong Kong pro-democracy Apple Daily staff

Sen. Ben Sasse has introduced a bill to award the Congressional Gold Medal to journalists and executives from Hong Kong…

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Biden Walks Back Impromptu Comments That Imperiled Bipartisan Deal

WASHINGTON — President Biden backed away on Saturday from comments that imperiled a bipartisan deal for $579 billion in new…

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How Deceptive Campaign Fund-Raising Ensnares Older People

William W. Vaughan Jr. was a senior atmospheric scientist at NASA during the space race and later an accomplished academic,…

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Biden’s Push for Equity in Government Hits Legal and Political Roadblocks

WASHINGTON — Since taking office 157 days ago, President Biden has promised to put racial equity at the center of…

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