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Authoritarian attacks on foundational principles of the rule of law have escalated in the United States since President Trump’s inauguration. This column expands on my previous column and looks at the ...

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Memorial Day is supposed to be about mourning the nation's fallen service members, but it's come to anchor the unofficial ...

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Queer Christians often hear a message that they’ll be accepted in conservative churches so long as they deny part of themselves.