The daughter of a former Memphis cop explains why she didn’t view the latest traffic stop that became a death sentence—and why you may not want to either.
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Has Merrick Garland Outmaneuvered Himself?
By appointing special counsels in the Trump and Biden document cases, he’s made a mess of both investigations.
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“You Always Have to be Careful About Censorship”
Internet platforms have enjoyed a legal status that exempts them from legal liability for their content. Tech giants such as Google, Meta, and TikTok’s parent company, ByteDance, have been under this umbrella thanks to the Communications Decency Act of 1996, specifically its Section 230, establishing that companies cannot be treated as the publisher of the […]
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The DOJ Antitrust Suit Against Google is a Victory for the Washington Monthly
This magazine and, in particular, Phillip Longman, built the intellectual architecture to prosecute the tech giant’s predatory practices.
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Are Republicans Forgetting What Trump Taught Them About Social Security and Medicare?
House GOP ideologues want to use the looming debt ceiling crisis to cut entitlements. Will a weak Kevin McCarthy let them?
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The Hochul and McCarthy Battles Show That Unity is Overrated
Democrats should understand that achieving better policy is more important than avoiding division.
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Jim Jordan’s Reckless New Committee
The MAGA congressman chairs the new House committee on the “weaponization of the federal government” and is vowing to use it to probe open federal investigations.
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Affordable Housing with a Union Label
Co-op City, the mammoth moderate-income Bronx housing complex, long a New York mainstay, offers lessons on what does and doesn’t work.
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Delay Has Already Weakened Garland’s Case Against Trump
It’s been two years since the insurrection, and the appointment of a special counsel only slowed the prosecution of the former president.
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We Have to Make Organ Donors Whole
I’m alive because of kidney donations, but there wouldn’t be an organ shortage if we made it easier for those willing to literally give a piece of themselves. New York is taking a good first step.
