A local campaign against the small school reflects growing Islamophobia in conservative enclaves in America and among G.O.P. officials.

This ritual is exactly why nothing ever changes. The threat of a filibuster has become Washington’s most convenient excuse for doing nothing. Instead of debating ideas and voting them up or down, the ...

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