Most Americans support legislation to give people autonomy over their death. But the Catholic Church is standing in their way.
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Fifty Years After the Nixon-Mao China Opening, U.S.-Chinese Relations Are Getting Worse
The Biden administration needs a new paradigm with Beijing—cooperate where we can, stand up where we must, and keep revitalizing ourselves.
Posted inHealth Care
A VA Critic Becomes Virginia’s New Veterans Affairs Chief
What Glenn Youngkin’s appointment of Daniel Gade reveals about the GOP’s real attitude toward returning soldiers.
Posted inLaw and Justice
The Supreme Court’s Alabama Disaster
An evening ruling undoing the work of Trump- and Clinton-appointed judges harms Black voters—and shows an activist conservative Court bent on narrowing voting rights.
Posted inPolitics
Donald Trump Promised He Wouldn’t Nominate a Black Woman to the Supreme Court
It may be forgotten, but he vowed as much. So those getting an ulcer over Biden’s pledge should reflect on that.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Why Biden Should Pick a Black Woman Politician for the Supreme Court
From Earl Warren to Sandra Day O’Connor, elected officials have made strong Supreme Court justices. We don’t need another career jurist.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Regulatory Government Is Democratic Government
Conservatives want to thwart federal rule making, the way they shut down Biden’s OSHA mandate for COVID. Here’s one way to fight back.
Posted inPolitics
Haiti Is on the Verge of Catastrophe. An American Diplomat Saw It Coming.
The Biden administration’s attempts to impose a political solution in the Caribbean nation might deepen its ongoing crisis.
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The Curious Timing of Putin’s Aggression Toward Ukraine
The Russian president may see a chance to further divide America and create a political liability for Biden during an election year.
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How America Stopped Caring About the Poor
The “war on poverty” once animated voters. Now we’ll be lucky if Biden’s child tax credit survives.
