Riding high on the wave of reactionary politics quickly eroding both civil liberties and longstanding constitutional protections, the Republican dominated General Assembly in North Carolina has quietly decided to introduce its own submission for ‘America’s Most Repressive Abortion Legislation’. The heroically entitled “Human Life Protection Act of 2025” (hereafter referred to by its designation HB […]
The evangelical-fascist movement won an enormous victory at SCOTUS. So what do we do now?
In the Summer 1993 issue of Foreign Affairs, the late Samuel P. Huntington published an essay titled “The Clash of Civilizations?”. The essay’s thesis has maintained an extraordinarily high value over the ensuing decades. In many ways, it became the dominant narrative among certain elements of the political right, particularly in the years immediately following […]
Were the founders of the American republic religious people? Probably, but whatever the answer they had enough humility and foresight to realize that religion, especially the great monotheistic traditions, was a dangerous foundation upon which to build a new nation. Additionally, they seem to have understood that a government wrapped in theology would be a […]
Researchers, journalists and political wonks have been very busy this election when it comes to the subject of fact checking. Of course the main focus has been looking into the claims and accusations of the most visible figures on the national stage, but there has been plenty of work to be done further down the […]
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