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Epstein and his trafficking ring of ultra-wealthy figures expose how patriarchy and oligarchy conspire to crush victims, then empower men like Trump with such staggering impunity that they can become president.

A surprising number of Andrew Cuomo’s allies, donors, and friends have close ties to the late pedophile and sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein.

Whatever the progressives decide to prioritize next, they will act knowing one enormous impediment is gone for good. There will be no more government by vendetta. The Andrew Cuomo era has truly ended.

I would vote for Joe Biden even if I believed Reade's account. Fortunately, I don't have to sacrifice morality to political necessity. Four more years of Trump will replace what remains of our democracy with unchecked rule by fascists and fanatics..

Why is the United States Olympic Committee protecting USA Gymnastics? Whatever the reason, it’s time for it to stop. Why, amid what is one of the worst sexual-abuse scandals in sports history — one much bigger than the Penn State scandal that took down the longtime football coach Joe Paterno, an athletic director and a university president — hasn’t the Olympic committee fully held the gymnastics federation accountable for its incompetence?