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Roseanne Barr’s Right to Offend and Our Right to Say No

Roseanne Barr in March.

A Deadly Year in My Family’s Homeland

Rescue workers at the scene of a truck bomb explosion outside a hotel in Mogadishu, Somalia, on Oct. 14.

How’s Life in the War Zone? Not Great

A vehicle pocked by shrapnel sits abandoned in Donetsk, which broke away from Ukraine in 2014.

Is There Life After Liberalism?

A portrait of Alexis de Tocqueville by Théodore Chassériau. The political scientist and historian saw that liberalism depended largely on pre-liberal forces and habits.

Beware of Oil Companies Bearing Gifts

Love and Terror in the Black Church

In 1963, a bomb tore through the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Ala., killing four girls. Black churches have long been a site of racist attacks.

Zimbabwe’s Dubious Election

President Emmerson Mnangagwa's credibility as a democratic leader is being tested.

Proud to Live in a Nation of Holers

European immigrants at Ellis Island, circa 1900, waiting for the ferry to New York City.

Mark Zuckerberg Can Still Fix This Mess

Amid an outcry over data privacy, Facebook’s chief, Mark Zuckerberg, is set to testify this week before House and Senate committees.

Will the Birthplace of the Modern Right Turn Blue?

Critics of Representative Dana Rohrabacher protesting last month in Huntington Beach, Calif.

What Is the Democratic Story?

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez speaking Friday in Wichita, Kan., in support of a Democratic congressional candidate, James Thompson.

A Generation Emerging From the Wreckage

Yale students gathered for a class about happiness in January.

Turning Affluent Suburbs Blue Isn’t Worth the Cost

Democratic congressional candidates like Gil Cisneros targeted suburban swing voters in places like City of Industry, Calif.

Scott Kelly: How Tom Wolfe Changed My Life

The author, Scott Kelly, inside the International Space Station in 2015.

Will Congress Block Trump’s Deal With a Dangerous Company?

The ZTE booth at an industry convention in Barcelona in February. Senators have proposed legislation to reverse a Trump deal that would take the Chinese company off a sanctions list.

The Memo Doesn’t Vindicate Trump. It’s More Proof of Obstruction.

President Trump speaking to congressional Republicans on Friday.