A new book says polarization breeds impunity. But America’s worst injustices emerged when the parties got along too well.
Noah Berlatsky
Noah Berlatsky is a freelance writer in Chicago. His newsletter is Everything Is Horrible. .
Hondurasgate Looks Worse than Watergate and Iran-Contra Combined
Trump pardoned a right-wing authoritarian convicted of cocaine trafficking, apparently to reinstate him to power in Honduras and undermine left-wing governments in Mexico and Colombia. So why isn’t America media covering it?
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The Secret Plan to Murder a Pope
Forty-five years after the attempt on John Paul II’s life, the Kremlin has yet to be officially blamed.
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Veterans Affairs: Why Aren’t Its Community Clinics Safer?
Following the March murder of a VA case worker at a Georgia community clinic, Congress is probing what can be done to protect VA staff. Three ideas that can help.
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How to Save Independent Journalism from AI
A report from our new think tank, The Washington Monthly Institute.
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What Mark Twain Could Teach Pete Hegseth About Holy War
Whether a “jihad” or “crusade,” language can serve to sanctify war. Mark Twain skewered such jingoism over a century ago.
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Vote While You Still Can
Massive turnout is the best strategy for defeating systematic efforts to disenfranchise U.S. voters.
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So What If the Democrats Are Divided on the Middle East? Embrace It
By accepting that different candidates hold different Middle East positions, Democrats can avoid having their primaries become divisive, de facto policy referendums.
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