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The GOP convention’s first day saw three smart things, three dumb things — and offered the prospect of one big surprise.

Steve Bannon tests a reelection theme for the president: "Me First."

“We’re not the very worst in the industrialized world” is not something to brag about.

While Democrats spent last week trying to appeal to a lukewarm base, Trump spent Monday trying to expand his.

The more it leaves Democrats spluttering with outrage, the happier Team Trump will be.

Defend the very thing John Lewis risked his life for: the vote.

I did not lose any sleep over the execution of Dustin Honken. But I did lose a lot of sleep ensuring that Honken received the fairest trial possible.

We're getting just one half of the covid-19 story. Only with comprehensive, systematic data collection will we be able to make informed decisions about who should reopen and when.

The emergency-use authorization for convalescent plasma to treat covid-19 is a subversion of science.

Is there nothing we can count on anymore?

The Republicans’ decision to adopt no platform shows how dangerously they have descended to a cult of personality.

If the U.S. government doesn’t extend additional large-scale aid, America’s incipient recovery will wither.

The president denies the obvious: This is what a warming world looks like.

Lawmakers should learn how to improve systems rather than dismantle them.

If people of good will refuse to back down and stand up to support their Black neighbors and business owners, we can make certain that racists are increasingly marginalized.

It's an issue they could have already owned.

Three decades after I graduated, the same entrenched forces stand in the way of a school that reflects its community.

It’s no less important than ballet and Shakespeare.