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As the Trump administration continues to press the boundaries of the Constitution, Johns Hopkins Professor Lester Spence says we need to understand one yet-to-be-examined source of the push towards authoritarianism: urban policing.

Peter Beinart’s ‘Being Jewish After the Destruction of Gaza’ offers an incisive perspective on Zionism and Jewish identity.

Two-thirds of the tax cuts offered in 2027 would go to the top 20% of families, and 41% would flow to just the top 5% of families.

It is unclear whether Thomas and Alito would offer any restraint whatsoever on Trump exercising absolute power. The rest of the court, by contrast, is seemingly running out of patience for its tricks, misrepresentations, and defiance.

We now have full genome sequences for six species of apes, helping us to pin down our last common ancestor – and potentially changing how we think of the earliest hominins

Hope has been restored for many Syrians. But vigilance will be needed to ensure that democratic institutions emerge and withstand autocratic impulses.

Trump asked Environmental Protection Agency employees to use a tip line to identify colleagues working on DEI programs to assist in slashing them. No employees, then more than 15,000 people strong, responded to that plea, ProPublica learned.

Maxwell Frost Wants Democrats to “Get Caught Fighting.” Andor | Season 2. Rep. Delia Ramirez Accuses Kristi Noem of Corrupt Acts and Demands Resignation. Fear of AIPAC and Elon Musk Intimidates Democrats and Republicans. Trump's Epic 'Weave.'

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Every blocked aid convoy, every broken truce, and every rejected peace offer underscores Israel’s true objective: erasing Palestinians from Gaza - part of a deliberate campaign of ethnic cleansing.