What matters more than anything is that Americans disappoint the GOP, which always hopes for a low turnout, and show up to the polls in record numbers.
"No more standing ovations for war criminals. No more empty warnings behind closed doors. And no more weapons for the collective punishment of an entire people."
Public figures should expect journalistic scrutiny, precisely because they are public figures. This includes those who bring their faith into the public square.
The Vatican’s failure to carefully distinguish between “gender theory” and the varied experiences of actual transgender people risks further alienating those that already feel rejected by the Church.
One central problem for Christians now is how to reconcile two of the beatitudes in our lives as citizens—how to be peacemakers while also thirsting for justice.
In the face of advanced AI, we must find an alternative to the blind enthusiasm and lazy fatalism that usually characterizes American discussions about technology.
As long as liberal leaders remain unwilling to address a corrupt economic model that privatizes profits while socializing risks, they invite authoritarian fantasies.
The GOP remains a party designed to convert the cultural grievances of white working-class voters into low taxes for the wealthy and austerity for the poor.
Corporate executives are artificially hiking prices and bringing in windfall profits. It’s time to break up the consolidated economic power of our “new gilded age.”
How should we answer calls to ‘defund the police’? To start, we must begin meeting urgent social needs instead of reflexively resorting to arrest and prosecution.
We are and always will be vulnerable in some ways. But this does not excuse the short-sighted policy decisions that unnecessarily increased our fragility.
The coronavirus crisis will likely demand the kind of collective sacrifice not seen since World War II. It will also challenge how we live together in society.
Trump’s budget proposes deep cuts to social and environmental programs and increased military spending, prioritizing vanity projects over people’s welfare.
Just what is Trump trying to do with Iran—and are there any limits to how he might try to achieve his aims? Congress needs to find out, and rein him in.
This year seems unusual, both for the number and scale of protests across the world. What links them is the growing demand for greater income equality.
For decades we’ve been assured that trade with China would lead to more liberty there, not less liberty here. The NBA example reveals the limits of this thesis.
This Iran crisis is one of the Trump administration’s own making. It should stop issuing threats to Iran’s leaders and instead work for a diplomatic solution.
