Culture

Conservatives in the United States have fallen in love with the fringe Conservatives in the United States have fallen in love with the fringe protests led by Canadian truckers. It is a cause that unites the libertarian and extremist wings of the GOP and offers a new front in the culture wars to mobilize right-wing forces.

Reports indicate Trump may pick one of Roger Ailes’ former lawyers to replace Bharara.

After a sheriff’s deputy was murdered in a Denver suburb, Colorado state Rep. Cole Wist took action by sponsoring a red flag bill. It likely cost him his seat. ProPublica spoke to Wist about the harsh realities of gun reform.

The company says that they are protecting freedom of speech.

The right is using the Dayton shooter's Twitter account to make spurious connections between antiracist ideas and mass murder.

“Inequality is not inevitable,” the report says, “it’s a political choice.” 

Humanity must find ways to make itself more humane and less human.

“Chacoan violence, concentrated and brutal, appears to represent government terror: the enforcement of Chaco’s rule by institutionalized force.”

Stringent election security is essential to maintain the integrity of our democracy.

Christians are splitting with the religious right over Trump, COVID and Black Lives Matter, creating opportunities for those interested in social justice.