Not only did the Taliban win a protracted war against the worldās biggest superpower, that superpower is leaving them a brand-new nation built from the ground up
While our fellow citizens are sleeping on filthy, freezing cold or blazing hot sidewalks, tens of thousands of apartments and single-family homes sit empty for no good reason
Censorship is toxic whether it comes from the left or the right
The new president is inheriting big, long-neglected problems that require big dramatic solutions
COVID-19 has created the ideal medium for a summer of continuous protest.
Landlords are unnecessary at best, pernicious at worst
Warrior cops donāt make us safer. Theyāre loose cannons who need psychiatric counseling, not guns
Progressives: you are no longer the ugly stepdaughter of the Democratic Party. You own the joint.
Nowās the time to demand whatās yours, what you want and whatās right
Itās time to stop being reactive. This is our country. This is our time
The media has created a relentless culture of ultraviolence, a debate without diversity between those who want bombs and those who want even more wars
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