The First Amendment protects speech across the political spectrum, even speech Americans do not like. Both liberal comedian Jon Stewart and conservative commentator Tucker Carlson have recently agreed on this.
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One of the main reasons so many viewers are attracted to the tradlife content is their nostalgic and calming aesthetic, including a focus on cottage-core content: quaint scenes that evoke life on the prairie.
While Trump and members of his administration are threatening liberal organizations and movements, research shows that the majority of political violence comes from people following right-wing ideologies.
It is tempting to dismiss political violence as a leftover from some “primitive” or “frontier” stage of American history, when politicians and their supporters supposedly lacked restraint or higher moral standards. But that is not the case.
Frustrated with the goal of gaining control of multiple states, white supremacist groups along the lines of Return to the Land are seeking to establish smaller all-white communities.
Dobson's focus on the family as the foundation of Christian civilization mobilized millions of American evangelicals politically—on a scale that previous leaders never approached.
Justices connected to the Federalist Society are about 10 percentage points more likely to cast a conservative vote than other justices, even other justices appointed by Republican presidents.
This summit will yield some kind of statement and a photo of Trump and Putin shaking hands. There will be people who believe that this will solve the problem. It won’t.
Regardless of how far either party is willing to go, today’s clash over Texas redistricting represents largely uncharted territory.
The Supreme Court's decision in the Sullivan case reminds Americans that democracy doesn’t depend on leaders who feel comfortable. It depends on a public that is free to speak.
The Trump administration and other conservatives have said for years that higher education is too liberal.
Perhaps the most revealing part of Trump's bill is how it turns ideas for helping low-income families on their head. They are touted as helping the poor—but they help the wealthy instead.
If Trump’s birthright citizenship executive order goes into effect, birth certificates issued by local hospitals would be insufficient evidence of eligibility for federal government documents acknowledging citizenship.
Since mid-June, an impostor of Marco Rubio has left voice messages for at least two officials and also used AI technology to mimic his writing style in text messages.
Jefferson's words in the Declaration of Independence describe a time, centuries ago, of great uncertainty, fear and sadness. It seems America has arrived yet again at such a time.
Mamdani is one of the few Democrats who took the affordability issue back from Trump and addressed it head on and in a much more honest and relevant way.
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