I don’t know what went wrong during Copley’s term as the independent monitor, she’s got a strong read on local politics.

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News outlets and officials use the “1849” or “175-year-old” abortion law as shorthand. But that's not correct, and the assumptions underlying that language misunderstands how we go where we are, and glosses over important cautionary tales for moving forward.

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More evidence of America’s loneliness epidemic and the consequences of not having close friends/family to say, “That is the worse ideas I’ve ever heard.”

This week, I respond to Cap Times publisher Paul Fanlund’s op-eds on housing and University Hill Farms.

Note: FHA stands for Federal Housing Administration.

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This woman was written by a straight man.

Look, I don't want to rain on anybody's parade, and passing fair maps is a step in the right direction. But we need to be real about how much work there is to do.

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"It’s striking that this extremely segregated city, the legislative heart of a state with the worst racial disparities in the country—for income, incarceration rates, maternal mortality rates, and more—is so fully secure in its liberal bona fides."

In the latest “Capitol Punishments” we examine the limits of empathy and how our justice system keeps the cycle of trauma turning.