The Supreme Court ruled in 1989 that burning an American flag is speech protected by the First Amendment. President Trump says it should be punished.

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President Trump has cut hundreds of thousands of jobs from the federal work force, disproportionately affecting Black employees.

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The crowning achievement of the civil rights era is unlikely to see its 61st birthday.

We cannot let this dark moment consume us.

The president could learn a lesson from the sisters of Nativity.

In Oklahoma City we’re not put off by rhetoric about reverse discrimination that attacks equal opportunity and celebrations of our residents’ unique identities.

Promises of safety and convenience belie the machinery of political abuse.