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A constant struggle

A constant struggle

Some help keeping track of recent events

What everyone gets wrong about Weimar

What everyone gets wrong about Weimar

Speech wasn't so free. But that's only half the story.

What JD Vance meant by 'free speech'

What JD Vance meant by 'free speech'

Seeds of mistrust

Seeds of mistrust

Musk and Trump are capitalizing on decades of confusion and broken promises to lay waste to a crucial agency

'The worst of the worst'

'The worst of the worst'

Trump's new Guantánamo order portends a chilling future based on an ugly past

Narrowing the borders

Narrowing the borders

Why Trump's arguments about birthright citizenship are so absurd, and why they matter

Fascism

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Coup complete

Coup complete

Cease, fire

Cease, fire

Who has the most to gain in the pending deal between Israel and Hamas

15 years of solitude

15 years of solitude

What has changed since the earthquake, in Haiti and elsewhere

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