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Allegations that mounted border patrol officers used “whips” to beat and corral Haitian migrants trying to illegally cross the... Read More

On September 20, I was sitting across a table from the foreign editor of a European news publication. Demons must have lurked and listened to... Read More

Childcare is a key item of discussion in Washington lately, and many policymakers are wondering how the availability of it may be impacting... Read More

On a recent blustery September morning, Melissa Taylor stood in front of a gathered crowd in New York City. “New York State has been... Read More

The headlines coming out of Richmond could easily cause readers to confuse Virginia with New York or California. In the past few months... Read More

When Occupy Wall Street emerged a decade ago, pundits derided it as an unfocused, inchoate movement that made too many demands (or not enough... Read More

With a projected deficit of $3 trillion for this year already, congressional Democrats are moving full speed ahead to spend an additional... Read More

Cassie Norris is stuck in what can feel like an inescapable poverty trap. Her family hasn’t been able to afford child care, so she... Read More

Call it a “wokelash.” Ordinary Americans are fed up with corporations' woke politics on issues unrelated to their businesses. A... Read More

Incredible advances in cancer care are of no benefit to cancer patients if they can’t access them. Sadly, for too many cancer patients,... Read More

Though Democrats easily prevailed in the recall election involving Governor Gavin Newsom in California, they campaigned hard by bringing in... Read More

Congressional Republicans face a dilemma in determining how they want to approach Big Tech. Some perceive the largest tech companies to have... Read More

Earlier this month, President Biden announced his intention to nominate Willie Phillips to be the tie-breaking fifth commissioner on the... Read More

Forty-four Chicago aldermen — including three who are facing criminal charges — will collect 5.5% pay raises on Jan.1, bringing... Read More

Liberalism is the philosophical, moral and political system that begins with the presumption that we human beings—all of us—are... Read More

“Get vaccinated!” he whispered. So ended an address in which President Biden stoked fear, anger, and resentment in support of his... Read More

As the Delta variant fuels surges in COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations, and deaths, employees and employers are increasingly at odds over... Read More

At some point in the coming weeks, hundreds of thousands of dollars will be funneled to the son of the sitting American president—and... Read More

On September 9, President Joe Biden unveiled his Covid-19 Action Plan, “a six-pronged, comprehensive national strategy” to combat... Read More

At least once over the past 18 months, when you tried to order something online or visited a retail store, you have probably experienced... Read More

The United States in 2020 experienced the biggest rise in murder since the start of national record-keeping in 1960, according to data... Read More

The “defund the police“ movement got its start in Minneapolis last year. It might meet its end there in November. Minneapolis... Read More

U.S. political polarization is the worst it’s been since the Civil War—it damages our democracy, our key institutions, and even... Read More

Adora Perez was 29 years old and 37 weeks pregnant when she woke up to deep cramps on the evening of December 30, 2017. She had been napping... Read More

Inside the 2021 College Free Speech Rankings If a tree falls in the wilderness and there’s no one there to hear it, does it make a... Read More

In 1977, the U.S. Department of Agriculture spent nearly $46,000, an inflation-adjusted $207,230 in today's dollars, to find out how long it... Read More