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GUILTY, GUILTY, GUILTY
It felt like a stunning relief when Officer Derek Chauvin was convicted for a murder caught on camera. Real relief will come when justice doesn’t feel like a surprise.
Goldie Taylor is contributing editor at The Daily Beast and author of the forthcoming memoir, Willow Weep for Me.
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UNFIT TO SERVE
Holding your breath waiting for the GOP to expel Marjorie Taylor Greene? I’ve got news for you. You’re going to suffocate.
opinion
‘NOT THE LAST’
As I prepare to lay my 87-year-old aunt to rest, my sole regret is that she could not witness the first address from Vice President-elect Kamala Harris.
opinion
MIDNIGHT TRAIN TO GEORGIA
John Lewis would be smiling today and Stacey Abrams and Nikema Williams certainly are as Georgia is on the verge of rejecting Trump and decades of attempts to thwart Black voters.
opinion
‘I DON’T NEED YOU’
As Mayor Pete brings his campaign to the cradle of the civil rights movement, I wonder: What would Martin say?
UNEQUAL PROTECTION
A conservative news site thought they had the “goods” on Sen. Elizabeth Warren. Instead, they opened a national conversation on the realities of gender discrimination in America.
opinion
‘SCARED TO DEATH’
The most damning part of the prosecution’s case against Amber Guyger isn’t that she shot an unarmed black man. It’s what she did next.
YUMMY
His violent life and death should have been a cautionary tale. Instead, it was used to justify draconian criminal-justice policies that destroyed communities.
opinion
OLD UNCLE JOE
Mystified as to why Joe Biden keeps malapropping it up but never drops in the polls? Don’t be. Rank-and-file Democrats just like the guy.
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I, TOO, SING AMERICA
The 1619 Project delivered a long overdue history lesson, but conservatives didn’t even take the time to read it before calling it un-American.
