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    The Normalization of Trump’s Alleged CrimesHis legal strategy is both buying him time and erasing the accusations against him.
    By Zak Cheney-Rice
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    What the Black Struggle Tells Us About the Israel-Hamas WarThe Black legacy of channeling our grief toward a more just world is often missing from the American discourse.
    By Zak Cheney-Rice
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    The Mug Shot, the Tweet, and Trump’s Return to Prime TimeAt the Fulton County Jail, the opening bell for the 2024 presidential race was rung.
    By Zak Cheney-Rice
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    Richard Hanania’s Chilling NormalityThe revealing case of the anti-woke crusader.
    By Zak Cheney-Rice
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    When the Crime Wave RecedesThe only certainty of America’s urban politics is that there will be more cops.
    By Zak Cheney-Rice
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    How Atlanta’s ‘Cop City’ Trumped JusticeThree years after the George Floyd protests, environmental activists are being charged as terrorists.
    By Zak Cheney-Rice
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    Why Young Thug?How prosecutors made one of the hottest rap stars the face of urban crime.
    By Zak Cheney-Rice
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    The Government’s Telling Response to Tyre Nichols’s DeathThe reforms being considered would probably not have prevented his killing. But officials have gotten better at preempting outrage.
    By Zak Cheney-Rice
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    Tyre Nichols and the End of Police ReformHis death is evidence that cosmetic change can’t excise the rot of American law enforcement.
    By Zak Cheney-Rice
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    The Uprising That Ran OutThe death of Keenan Anderson marks the end of an era.
    By Zak Cheney-Rice
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    A Cosmologist’s Case for Staying Put on EarthThe many heterodoxies of Chanda Prescod-Weinstein.
    By Zak Cheney-Rice
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    The Very Revealing 15 Minutes of Byron DonaldsIn a Republican soap opera, there’s always room for a Black conservative.
    By Zak Cheney-Rice
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    When Supply, Not Demand, Is the ProblemThe economy is changing. Liberalism must change with it.
    By Eric Levitz
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    Brittney Griner’s Hollow HomecomingIt’s a relief she’s back. Now free the others.
    By Zak Cheney-Rice
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    Herschel Walker Is the Last Republican StandingHis runoff campaign goes all in on Trumpism.
    By Zak Cheney-Rice
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    Speaker of the EstablishmentHakeem Jeffries is poised to become House Democrats’ next leader, but that’s not necessarily a sign of progress.
    By Zak Cheney-Rice
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    The Rebirth of Kanye WestMeet the new face of Black conservatism.
    By Zak Cheney-Rice
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    The Future of Black Politics Is at Stake in GeorgiaThe legacy of the civil-rights movement may hinge on Raphael Warnock’s reelection campaign.
    By Zak Cheney-Rice
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    Return of the Hostage TakersJoe Biden’s last chance to stop the GOP’s economic sabotage.
    By Eric Levitz
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    How Democrats Bolstered the Post-Roe Enforcement RegimeWhen funding the police backfires.
    By Zak Cheney-Rice
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    America’s Impenetrable Fog of InnocenceWhy it’s so hard for so many to see the causes of the Buffalo mass shooting clearly.
    By Zak Cheney-Rice
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    Protests Are Wrong Until They’re RightAnimal-rights activists have been ridiculed for interrupting the NBA playoffs. They’re in good company.
    By Zak Cheney-Rice
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    Why Is the Firing Squad Making a Comeback?South Carolina’s push to bring back an archaic execution method says a lot about the state of capital punishment today.
    By Zak Cheney-Rice
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    Can Republicans Commit Voter Fraud?The revealing case of Mark Meadows.
    By Zak Cheney-Rice
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    Why Joe Biden’s Racial Justice Agenda Is StalledHe faces resistance from moderate Democrats. But he’s also tied his own hands.
    By Zak Cheney-Rice
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    A Year After George Floyd’s Death, Police Are Still WinningAmerica is struggling to reform and reimagine the agencies that have been licensed to kill us.
    By Zak Cheney-Rice
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    The Never-ending Coup Against Black AmericaHistorically, “recovery” tends to look a lot like betrayal.
    By Zak Cheney-Rice
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    Two Visions of the Suburbs Are on the Ballot. Both Are Myths.To understand them as imagined by Donald Trump and Joe Biden, you first have to understand that they are actually talking about segregation.
    By Zak Cheney-Rice
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    The Law Is Not Made for Breonna TaylorAnd its capacity to deliver justice is functionally null.
    By Zak Cheney-Rice