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The courage to be decent
The Trump administration wants to make us too afraid to look out for one another. Don't let them.
Apr 23
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Radley Balko
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Trump's modest proposal
Republicans scramble to defend a humiliating new executive order
Apr 10
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Radley Balko
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Profiles in poltroonery: Senator Bill Cassidy
The Louisiana senator and physician could have stopped the world's worst antivaxer from taking over the regulation of vaccines. He didn't. And now we're…
Apr 2
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Radley Balko
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Profiles in poltroonery: Senator Bill Cassidy
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March 2025
The redeem team
Collectively, they spent 155 years in prison. Now they counsel other people facing their own long sentences. A conversation with five "peer advocates…
Mar 15
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Radley Balko
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Three things the Democrats can do right now
We're in dire times. The opposition party should start acting like it.
Mar 10
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Radley Balko
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February 2025
Trump roundup: Five days
A snapshot of the administration's full-frontal assault on democracy
Feb 27
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Radley Balko
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Profiles in poltroonery: Senator Thom Tillis
Recognizing the cowards who choose Donald Trump over our republic
Feb 18
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Radley Balko
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A Q&A with immigration attorneys on the ground
So far, defense counsel for detained immigrants are seeing only subtle changes in deportations. But it's likely to get a lot worse.
Feb 8
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Radley Balko
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January 2025
Clapping for Stalin
“At the conclusion of the conference, a tribute to Comrade Stalin was called for.
Jan 20
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Radley Balko
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A Chicago judge just erased her predecessor's historic ruling on forensic firearms analysis
The courts continue to think that legitimacy comes not from correcting their mistakes, but insisting that they never make them.
Jan 14
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Radley Balko
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A Chicago judge just erased her predecessor's historic ruling on forensic firearms analysis
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December 2024
How to support journalism
Worthy subscriptions, what to read, where to donate
Dec 26, 2024
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Radley Balko
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What to watch for: Aaron Reichlin-Melnick on immigration and mass deportations
How bad could Trump's mass deportation plan get? An interview with a senior fellow at the American Immigration Council
Dec 20, 2024
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What to watch for: Aaron Reichlin-Melnick on immigration and mass deportations
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