Identity politics sees injustice as rooted primarily in peoples possession of certain identities, especially racial, sex and/or gender, and sexual orientation. The resulting orthodoxy often goes by the name of political correctness. It is now virtually unassailable among many university students, political activists, the Twitterati and the relatively young, well-educated…
The first Second Gentleman in U.S. history has Logged On. Well, kinda. Kamala Harris made history in the 2020 election by becoming the first woman vice president-elect, and as a result, her husband Douglas Emhoff made history, too. Doug will become America’s first Second Gentleman a title so groundbreaking that…
Entrepreneur Andrew Yang stepped into the national spotlight with his 2020 presidential run. While Yang dropped out of the race early, his policies such as implementing universal basic income earned him a fervent fan base known as the “Yang Gang.” Yang’s newfound fame also led to a gig at CNN,…
No headline I’ve ever written, no headline I’ve ever read, has brought me greater joy than the one my father held up at Victoria train station one August afternoon in 1991: THE COUP COLLAPSES. Nearly 30 years later, I can still recall the angle of the summer light illuminating the…
While political disagreements among family members are nothing new, the rifts that have formed over the past five years or so have felt different. In some cases, strongly liberal or conservative relatives went from having an unspoken agreement to avoid discussing politics, to declaring certain family members with opposing viewpoints…
President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr. plans to name Jaime Harrison as his pick to lead the Democratic National Committee, part of an effort to bolster the committee ahead of what are already expected to be challenging midterm elections for the party, according to two people with knowledge of the selection.…
On January 9three days after supporters of President Trump started a riot at the US CapitolSean Evans decided it was time for action. Evans had seen a post on Nextdoor about neighbors running into hostile Trump supporters the night of the riot, leading to a verbal altercation that had left…
(Reuters) – Imagine a time more than 50 years ago when four of the biggest Black American celebrities in the world met up and spent hours discussing race, religion and politics? Thats the premise of the film One Night in Miami, out on Amazon Prime on Friday, which recounts a…
