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The pressure to “clean up” the city for its moment in the global spotlight may lead to further victimization.

Summer conventions must maintain civility, but not squelch protests.

Texas decision will embolden pro-choice lobbyists to target abortion restrictions in other states.

The United States has a long history of arming its enemies.

“If you boycott Israel,” said Gov. Cuomo, “New York will boycott you.”

It is hard to imagine the U.S. government would ignore such persistent poverty levels on the mainland.

Forty-nine young lives cut down in Orlando in a collection of minutes. How even to fathom that; how to fix it?

The president’s soaring rhetoric has at times been in direct opposition to his policy agenda.

This link between food aid and farm subsidies is economically and morally problematic.

The two major parties deserve the competition.