A federal judge shot down immigrant-rights groups' attempt to block President Trump's new requirement that illegal immigrants register with the government, saying the organizations that sued didn't have legal standing to bring the case.
Russian Jewish novelist Vasily Grosman, who was the first journalist to see the Nazi death camp Treblinka, once wrote, “Anti-Semitism is … a mirror for the failings of individuals, social structures and State systems. Tell me what you accuse the Jews of — I’ll tell you what you’re guilty of.” In On Democracies and Death […]
Should it be surprising that over half of Americans who identify as “left of center” believe that assassinating President Donald Trump is justifiable? That’s what a new study from Rutgers University has found. According to the survey produced by the university’s Social Perception Lab that asked 1,264 U.S. citizens about their attitudes toward political violence, […]
America is a rich country with a lot of poor people. Around 22 million people, nearly 1 in every 15 of us, are estimated to have assets worth at least $1 million. Our population of paper millionaires may have doubled between 2020 and 2023 alone. To fully savor this marvel of capitalism, money-printing, and inflation, […]
The Handmaid’s Tale burst onto the TV scene eight years ago and launched its sixth and final season earlier this month. From the start, it is an exercise in blunt-force storytelling, eschewing moral subtlety in favor of a didacticism intended to remind progressives of their inherent goodness. The Sons of Jacob, rulers of the Christian-nationalist […]
The Senate early Friday morning voted to confirm President Trump’s choice to be chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, retired Lt. Gen. Dan Caine. The 60 to 25 vote came after Democrats, led by Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), blocked a quick passage of Caine’s nomination to protest Trump’s Feb. 21 firing of the previous top...
A new Kansas law and a Florida bill enact policies backed by abortion opponents that critics see as moves toward giving embryos and fetuses the same rights as the women carrying them.