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Progressives have embraced the rhetoric of “moral clarity.” It won’t help their cause.

Brookings experts weigh in

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"Death by Lightning" dramatizes the stranger-than-fiction true story of 20th U.S. President James Garfield, and admirer Charles Guiteau, who assassinated him. New Netflix mini-series.

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For centuries, Western countries have used the extension of economic support to justify the imposition of control over poorer countries.

Republican leaders need to speak up now, loudly and clearly, against any schemes to put Donald Trump back into the White House yet again. Related: the agenda behind the 3rd term threat

State and city elections are now heavily intertwined with what happens in Washington.

Fareed's Take

Chapter 1: In challenging British rule, Thomas Jefferson would face the contradiction between enslavement and “all men are created equal.”