Some People Are Celebrating Lindsey Graham's Death. Here's Why That's a Trap.

It’s hard to extend grace to someone you believe didn’t always extend it to others. That’s part of why some celebrated the senator’s death online. But our politics won’t become more humane through dehumanization. Read more.

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Political leaders across the spectrum react to Lindsey Graham’s death. However one may have felt about his politics, celebrating anyone’s death is exactly what opportunistic, divisive leaders want from us: to see the “other side” as less than human. That’s the whole game. Don’t play it. These responses to Graham’s death, from both the right and the left, are what it looks like to rise above “us vs. them.” Read their statements.

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Man gives World Cup tourists a taste of Texas. When the World Cup brought visitors from Poland and France to the U.S., one Texan invited them to spend a few days experiencing life in South Central Texas. From learning the two-step to riding around the ranch and making a stop at Buc-ee’s, they got a firsthand look at a side of America you won’t find in a travel brochure—or in the headlines. The full Texas treatment.

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