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抖阴ap: Tyre Nichols鈥� death is America鈥檚 shame
America -- and the world 鈥� had the realization that police violence was a problem, and then it simply walked away before the work was done and the war was...
Blow: Republican leadership attempts to rewrite history of the Jan. 6 insurrection
The Republican leadership in Congress seems to be engaged in a coordinated effort to reduce and minimize the attack on the U.S. Capitol, or even erase it all together.
抖阴ap: To stop these horrifying killings of Black men, our whole system of policing must be fundamentally altered
Something is horrifyingly wrong. And yet, the killings keep happening. Brown and Floyd are not even the bookends. There were many before them, and there will be many after.
抖阴ap: I want a society in which there are fewer guns sold and fewer guns in circulation
I want more gun regulation, severe gun regulation, the kind that most elected Democrats dare not speak of, the kind that scares the gun cult.
Blow: Democrats repent for Bill Clinton’s crime bill and welfare reform
Former President Bill Clinton鈥檚 record, particularly with respect to Black and brown Americans and the poor, was marked by catastrophic miscalculation.
Blow: Avoiding the Obama-era silence trap
Democratic politicians too often live under the illusion that if they moderate their aspirations and asks, they can appease the mushy middle of the electorate, often white, that sees no...
Charles M. Blow: We waited in vain for a repudiation that never came
We Waited in Vain for a Repudiation That Never Came
Blow: American horror, starring Donald Trump
People are rebelling against isolation, and against science and public health. They want the old world back, the pre-COVID-19 world back, but it cannot be had. The virus doesn鈥檛 feel...
Blow: Yes, even George Washington
Slave owners should not be honored with monuments in public spaces. We have museums for that, which also provide better context. This is not an erasure of history, but rather...
Blow: Destructive power of despair
The protests are not necessarily about George Floyd鈥檚 killing in particular, but about the savagery and carnage that his death represents: The nearly unchecked ability of the state to act...