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The White-Privilege Tedium
“I’m a white woman. . . . And my job is to shut other white people down when they want to interrupt. My job is to shut other white people down when they want to say, ‘Oh no I’m not prejudiced, I’m a Democrat, I’m accepting.’”
— Sally Boynton Brown, erstwhile candidate to head the Democratic ...
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The Trump Administration Isn’t ‘Dehumanizing’ Transgender Americans
Today I learned something truly new. I’d lived my life on this earth almost 49 years before I understood that federal anti-discrimination law defines human existence. Changing that law can thus literally “negate the humanity of people.”
At least that’s what I’m learning in response to the news that ...
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Trump’s Midterm Pitch
While Trump is not personally facing reelection until 2020, he is asking supporters to imagine that his head is on the chopping block.
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On Sex, the Trump Administration Returns to Reality and the Law
On Sunday, the New York Times reported a shocking story: The Trump administration had defined transgender people out of existence. How, exactly, could a government entity simply make an entire population cohort disappear? Did they alleviate gender-identity disorder? Did Vice President Mike Pence enact The ...
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A Hidden Plan to Stick Taxpayers with Billions in Student-Loan ‘Forgiveness’
Should the Democrats regain control of the House of Representatives in November, their largely unnoticed plan to forgive billions of dollars in student loans at taxpayer expense will be on the agenda. Many borrowers with the means to repay would qualify.
The plan was devised by the top Democrat on the ...
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