Browns quarterback Watson says he's 'truly sorry' to the women he 'impacted’

Cleveland Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson issued an apology to the women he has “impacted” in an interview posted to social media by the NFL team on Friday. Watson is set to face a six-game suspension after 24 women sued him for sexual misconduct, accus

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Librarian sues for defamation after conservative activist attacks over LGBTQ books

A librarian in Louisiana filed a lawsuit against two men and a conservative organization, alleging they defamed her when they attacked her for supporting the teaching of books involving the LGBTQ community.  Amanda Jones, a middle school librarian and the president of the Louisiana Association of School Librarians, alleged in the lawsuit that a “public campaign” against her started after she spoke out against removing certa

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How to cut short the long slog in Ukraine

James Stavridis, the former NATO supreme allied commander for Europe, recently predicted that the Russia-Ukraine conflict would end this year. Some experts, like him, expect a stalemate and frozen conflict. Others hope for negotiations to begin. After all, this is what usually happens. War is brutally expensive and exhausting, and so most conflicts are brief. Over the last century, the average war was just 

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Religion and the wrong defense of abortion rights

It is commonly claimed that restrictions on abortion illegitimately impose some people’s religious beliefs on the rest of us. This is the wrong way to defend abortion rights. It implies tha

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There’s no union boom — there’s just a union bust

Unions are back. At least, that’s the consensus in the mainstream media. The New York Times talks about a “comeback.” CNBC says there is a “boom” in organizing. TIME reports unions are “having a moment.” Yahoo notes their numbers are “

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