My mother is pro-choice in theory, but in practice, she is not really for abortion. She believes that there are many other ...

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One overarching theme across the orders and memorandums is the dogged pursuit of consolidated power within the Oval Office.

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The intense political division of the past year has magnified the already difficult relationship I have with my father. We’re ...

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One recipient of a pardon, Lauren Handy, led the blockade of an abortion clinic in D.C. When police arrested her in 2022, ...

When I went back to work and our kids went to daycare after our second baby two years ago, my mother-in-law volunteered to ...

My sister-in-law, “Shannon,” doesn’t like me. She was close friends with my husband’s college girlfriend, who passed away ...

Being “tough on crime” has worked for conservative politicians for decades, and it worked for Adams too. But quickly, Adams’ actual conservative policies and resolute unseriousness about governance ...