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June 21, 2021

Can Criminal Justice Reform Survive a Wave of Violent Crime?

An uptick in homicides across the country is getting blamed on reforms. That argument gets the data all wrong.

by John Pfaff

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Conservative Bishops’ Attack on Biden Is an Attack on the Majority of U.S. Catholics

The bishops’ shameful resolution to deny communion to the president is hypocritical and out of step with Catholic public opinion.

by Patrick Whelan and Kathleen Kennedy Townsend

Since When Is Being an Election Official a Job to Die For?

Local election officials around the country are getting death threats. Many are quitting their jobs. The Justice Department needs to do something.

by Michael Tomasky

The NCAA Is Screwed

The Supreme Court’s unanimous decision in NCAA v. Alston has put the end of the organization’s exploitation of college athletes in sight.

by Alex Shephard

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Who Are the Police Protecting and Serving at Pride?

Demands to welcome cops at Pride amount to a collective hallucination, as if the policing of gender and sexuality by the state was a thing of the past.

by Melissa Gira Grant

England Now Has a Junior Varsity Version of the Fox News Channel

Critics are concerned about w hat newly launched GB News will do to the United Kingdom. For now, at least, they have little to fear.

by Alex Shephard

What Made Gilded Age Politics So Acrimonious?

Fearful of increasing participation, elites of the era attempted to rein in democracy.

by Chris Lehmann

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