Weekend editor Eric O. Scott reviews last week’s oral arguments in United States v. Skrmetti, emphasizing the critical role our community must play as a bulwark against oppression.
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Editorial: Failing the Dead
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What surprises me most about the reactions to Trump’s use of Arlington for political theater is the silence from religious and spiritual communities. While many individuals have voiced their opinions on social media — some with more nuance, others with a creative mix of four-letter words — there has been little to no response from religious organizations.
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Editorial: Conservatives are calling Kamala Harris a Witch. Here’s why that’s dangerous
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Faced with a woman of color at the top of the Democratic Party’s presidential ticket, opponents turn to a reliable trope of sexist defamation: call that a woman a Witch.
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Editorial: Project 2025 dismantles the Great Society and establishes Christian Hegemony
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Concern about Project 2025 is widespread; the hype is that it is a playbook for undermining our freedoms and suppressing dissent. For the folks looking ahead to a long editorial and looking for the TL,DR: the hype is not wrong. Project 2025 is a takedown of every advance of civil liberties, worker freedoms, and women’s bodily sovereignty of the last 100 years. But there’s plenty more to digest.
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Editorial: The end of “Chevron Deference” is a crime against the planet
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The Supreme Court overturned the long-standing doctrine of Chevron Deference this morning, which will drastically lessen the power of federal agencies to protect the environment and consumers. Weekend Editor Eric O. Scott surveys the wreckage.
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Editorial: New book is ripe with dangerous anti-Pagan rhetoric
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A newly published book titled ‘Pagan America’ raises concerns about the decline of Christianity and stirs apprehensions regarding the resurgence of Paganism, cautioning that “Evil is coming.”