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Running ads portraying Black candidates as soft on crime — or as “different” or “dangerous” — Republicans have shed quiet defenses of such tactics for unabashed defiance. For the Trumpers it was always about all about race.

You can’t play with the fire of nationalist politics without getting burned. You may think you can manage the Maga mob or the Brexit brigade, but you’re fooling yourself. They are coming for you too, Kevin McCarthy and Rishi Sunak.

Mike Davis died this week. Often misread as a “prophet of doom,” the Marxist historian was actually an optimist and a dreamer.

Americans who don't believe in God are a fast-growing and left-leaning force in politics – and they’re typically even more politically active than white evangelicals.

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Municipal retirees and supporters rallied against the switch to privatized for-profit Medicare Advantage health insurance. UFT President Michael Mulgrew continues to advocate amending NYC’s Administrative Code, allowing the switch to happen.

Of the 14 students who were ultimately expelled, 12 were Black even though only 40 percent of the district’s students are Black.

Mayor Emanuel replaces the outgoing treasurer with another executive from his friend's investment firm.

The bargaining power of most American workers is at a historical low point. The best way to restore it is to get the economy back to full employment.

In what appears to be the largest-ever joint protest by senior Israeli security personnel, a group of 106 retired generals, Mossad directors and national police commissioners has signed a letter to PM Netanyahu urging him to “initiate a diplomatic process” based on a regional framework. Retired generals have occasionally made joint statements in the past, but never in such numbers and rarely on political matters that aren’t directly related to army business.