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A Right-Wing Brawler Asked a Court to Protect Him From an Antifascist’s Tweets

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Adam Kiefer got a restraining order against an antifascist researcher who revealed that he was at the Capitol on Jan. 6. It might have been a costly mistake.

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North Carolina Appeals Courts Have Never Found That Prosecutors Discriminated Against Black Jurors. Two Cases Could Change That.

Jacob Biba

The state’s appellate courts could give new trials to two Black men who claim prosecutors discriminated against potential jurors.

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Inflation Is Good for You

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Don’t panic over milk prices. Inflation is bad for the 1 percent but helps out almost everyone else.

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School Officials Welcome Homeland Security Surveillance After Student Fights

Rachel M. Cohen

Administrators in a Maryland school district say they wanted help monitoring school safety — but sweeping surveillance could land kids in gang databases and families in deportation proceedings.

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How Climate Activists Pushed the “Left Edge of the Possible”

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A hedge fund is buying newspapers across the country — and then intentionally driving them into the ground

Wednesday, November 10, 2021

A ruthless vulture hedge fund is buying up and gutting newspapers all over the country, including some of the nation's most storied publications. A ruthless vulture hedge fund called Alden Global

We’ve All Pretended About Taiwan for 72 Years. It May Not Work Any Longer.

Monday, November 8, 2021

he situation is genuinely ominous, especially since there has never been a direct confrontation between the US and another nuclear-armed power. MOST READ We've All Pretended About Taiwan for 72

The disgraceful scene playing out in Congress

Saturday, November 6, 2021

Democrats are at risk of squandering their chance to deliver meaningful legislative change before the midterms. This week's election results make it clear: Democrats are at risk of squandering

Internal Lincoln Project Emails Show How a Charlottesville Tiki Torch Stunt Went Wrong

Thursday, November 4, 2021

Democrats were accused of manufacturing a white supremacist hoax, but internal plans show that the stunt was rooted in their doomed, Trump-focused strategy. MOST READ FBI Investigation of Failed

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Wednesday, November 3, 2021

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