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What (Hasn’t) Happened: The 2020 Presidential Election
Did everyone have a restful sleep? Yeah, us neither.
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What Just Happened: The Confirmation of Amy Coney Barrett
Amy Coney Barrett sets a dangerous precedent.
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What Just Happened: The Death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg
We can channel RBG’s determination to fight back against unjust systems.
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What Just Happened: A Victory for Abortion Rights
There’s no question that this is good news, but we shouldn’t assume that today’s decision amounts to a wholesale fuck-you to abortion opponents.
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What Just Happened?: The Supreme Court Sides with LGBTQ Americans
In a surprising twist, the Supreme Court decided that Title VII has always covered gender identity, meaning that it’s illegal to terminate a trans person’s employment because they’re trans.
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What Just Happened?: The Murder of George Floyd
Now is the time to rise up, and people across the United States are meeting that demand.
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What Just Happened?: Coronavirus Is Here
We are not helpless. Educating ourselves is the first step: Once we know what we’re facing, we can act.
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What Just Happened?: The Acquittal of Donald Trump
Even if the arc of the moral universe does bend toward justice—and it’s not clear that it does—it’s little comfort in a time as tenuous as this one.
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What Just Happened?: The Impeachment of 45
Impeachment proceedings are rare and complicated. What do they actually mean?
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What Just Happened?: Back to Back Mass Shootings Are Our New Reality
These shootings are so routine, in fact, that many of us barely bat an eyelash or shed a tear before we’re forced to move on to the next tragedy, the next trauma, the next mass loss of life.
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