Donald Trump's retaliatory tariffs for trying Jair Bolsonaro stain U.S. democracy and boomerang in Brazil.

Millions viewed Kirk as a hero who proudly uttered racial insults that most others were afraid to say aloud. To many Black Americans, he was a man who used his platform to push a twisted ideology.

Language policing doesn’t just miss the point — it echoes the right wing’s playbook. It promotes a so-called war on wokeness, a distraction designed to shift blame and sow cultural resentment.

Threats against judges and their families have become blatant attempts to intimidate those serving in the judiciary, shaking their morale and damaging the public’s confidence in its courts.

America is us, and we are America. No matter how intolerable our presence is to many, we are here to stay.