Working-class white women and women of color were excluded from the cult of true womanhood

. The actual day-to-day labor of raising the smallest children was left to older siblings or servants

There’s the Instagram influencer’s vision of the ideal mother with perfectly groomed

Oh, Vanessa, I wish I could do something for you.”

looking for help have been subjected to violence at the hands of H.R.A. security

begging for help as officers kicked him and beat him with batons.

Because we do not prioritize psychological well-being, we don’t ask how keeping the elderly and disabled in good spirits could make us a stronger, better, happier country.

it is not their job to save us — we are the parents

Activism comes so naturally to my girls. They are native to it. They are not afraid of sincerity. They’re at every protest, ones I haven’t even heard about.

I was on the side of the hippies, even the Gap smashers probably. I was certainly not on the side of the cops. At least I knew that much.

If we do not move far more aggressively, it could spiral entirely out of control

The scientists knew long ago, and told us, that the sea would invade the coasts.

Today, we act surprised as the climate emergency descends upon us in all its ferocity

By raising taxes on the wealthy, we could end the lead poisoning that afflicts half a million American kids, we could provide high-quality preschool for all, we could offer treatment for all people with addictions and we could ensure that virtually all kids graduate from a decent high school and at least get a crack at college.

One of the most consequential political debates in the coming years will be whether to raise taxes on the wealthy

Great wealth has translated into immense political power, which is then leveraged to multiply that wealth and power all over again

the 400 richest American households paid a lower average tax rate than any other income group

In the past year, a total of 12 worshipers were killed in the U.S. in two hate-motivated attacks on synagogues in Pittsburgh and San Diego

terrifying reminders that we must prevent our sons from becoming indoctrinated by a growing racist movement that thrives online and causes real-life devastation.

He was shocked and embarrassed when I pointed out the actual message: that it would have been better if the Holocaust had continued

“triggered.”

that government of the people, by the people, for the people,

a new nation,

It is not a trap. It is a choice. I

Just stop. Your kids will be just fine attending a good public university. And everyone’s life will be more relaxed in the meantime.

children into an top-notch college, as opposed to, say, a good public university.

Their children must have the best: the best preschools, the best high schools and the best colleges.

By any objective measure, the rich are doing just fine.

But they are working very hard for these advantages and they are working just as hard to secure them for their children.

suffering at the hands of “the system.”

Mr. Pompeo was among the officials who listened in on Mr. Trump’s conversation with President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine

secret computer system where the White House stored the rough transcript of Mr. Trump’s call with the Ukrainian president

two-week break,

“an act of intimidation” and did not allow enough time for a proper response.

Not just with words, but with deeds

And occasionally it finds voice in the church on Sunday morning, in the pulpit and in the pews.

But we do need to remind ourselves that so many of the disparities that exist in the African-American community today can be directly traced to inequalities passed on from an earlier generation

we saw how hungry the American people were for this message of unity

that we may not look the same and we may not have come from the same place, but we all want to move in the same direction – towards a better future for our children and our grandchildren.

through protests and struggle, on the streets and in the courts, through a civil war and civil disobedience and always at great risk

a Constitution that promised its people liberty, and justice, and a union that could be and should be perfected over time.

immediately have the Republican majority vote to dismiss the case.

As for Barr, why did Trump repeatedly suggest him as a contact for Zelensky? And why did the Justice Department try to quash the whistle-blower complaint? Why does Barr regularly act as Trump’s cleanup man rather than as the nation’s lawyer?

The rough transcript of Trump’s call with Zelensky was placed in an unusually secure system. Why?

abused power — by colluding with a foreign country, James Madison suggested — and threatened the integrity of our system.

both on the merits and to set an example for future presidents.

both on the merits and to set an example for future presidents.

“I think you should ask for Vice President Pence’s conversation, because he had a couple of conversations also

The idea that Trump thrives in chaos

Public opinion has also moved away from the president. For months, impeachment opposition polled above support. Now, the trend is heading the other way

In one version, the numbers showed that a gun control measure worked — and Republicans kept flubbing the math. In another version, the gun control measure was ineffective, and this time the Democrats couldn’t manage the calculations.

I must say that I often learn a lot — however painfully — from these conservatives with whom I utterly disagree

Neither Democrats nor Republicans were interested in intelligent arguments challenging their own views.

frequently spend more time demonizing the other side than trying to understand it,

self-confident stupor through which we will perceive in blacks and whites a world that typically unfolds in grays.

High school dropouts had the most diverse group of discussion-mates, while college graduates managed to shelter themselves from uncomfortable perspectives.

where they are surrounded by people who think the way they do.

and we’ll be irritated less by what we read and find our wisdom confirmed more often

but rather information that confirms our prejudices.

it’s used to shelter beliefs that should have been abandoned

maybe to head off an argument or bring one to a close.

I think it crosses the line when you’re offensive

And California?

“For me it was self-defense, a survival mechanism growing up in Newark and working in my dad’s catering hall and being one of the only Jewish kids on the football team,

Abrasive humor suited him as a defense

It featured a black man, often dressed as an “African savage” with a jungle backdrop, perched above a tank that sometimes resembled a caldron.

“They’re retiring left and right,” he said. “They’re being run out of town.”

Dunk tank clowns, Mr. Simmons said, are fading away in a world where Americans are beginning to believe that cracking jokes about people’s skin color, size, poverty or intelligence is maybe not a good thing.

anachronism