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The Pope, the one-drop rule, and the ghosts of New Orleans
The white smoke had barely cleared from the Vatican chimney when a genealogical tremor made its way across the Atlantic. Robert Francis Prevost, now Pope Leo XIV, formerly a…
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“The corruption is staggering”
Trump administration officials have reportedly been pressuring countries facing U.S. tariffs to approve satellite internet services offered by Elon Musk's Starlink to help grease trade…
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Why is U.S. Congress silent on the manmade nightmare it is enabling in Gaza?
I want to say a few words about an issue that people all over the world are thinking about—are appalled by—but for some strange reason gets very little discussion here in the nation’s…
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Jewish Voices for Palestine slam GOP ‘kangaroo hearing’ on antisemitism
Jewish students and academics for Palestinian rights and free speech on Wednesday condemned a congressional hearing in which House Republicans repeatedly conflated opposition to Zionism…
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Only winners in trade war: Trump and billionaire friends
President Biden left behind a pretty healthy economy. Unemployment was low and wages were rising, but stubbornly high living costs opened a door for Donald Trump’s political comeback.…
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Join the cult, get the cash: Why you should become a Trumpist
I know what you’re thinking. You’re a principled person. You believe in science, equality, the peaceful transfer of power, and occasionally paying your taxes. You probably recycle.…
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Inside info for Wall St. execs?: Sen. Warren
Democratic U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren is pressing Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent for answers following reports that officials inside President Donald Trump's White House have provided…
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Hitler’s first 100 days — and Trump’s
The fascism unleashed upon Germany beginning in January 1933 with the appointment of Hitler as Chancellor, the youngest ever, and that which unfolded within America with the second…
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Billboard critical of Cuban American pols goes up in Miami
A recently formed dark-money group, Keep Them Honest, is launching an ad campaign in Miami aimed at pressuring Republican politicians, specifically Secretary of State Marco Rubio and…
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Starving the poor to feed the rich
As a child, I felt so fancy when we used the purple food stamps — those were the pretty ones.
We were a hardworking, loving family. My parents ensured we weren’t around anyone who…
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