Progressives may lionize Secretary of State Antony Blinken for his support of LGBT diplomacy, and conservative critics may deride Blinken’s naivete in the face of rogue regimes and terrorists. Then there is gender equity: More women lost their freedom under Blinken than any other secretary. While throwing Afghan women under the bus was a one-time decision, Blinken’s betrayal of Christians was […]

A University of Virginia student waited inside his Jewish housemate’s room with a firearm on Oct. 30. Robert Cabell Romer then threatened his housemate with the weapon when he returned to their off-campus home. As the Daily Progress reported, this was the culmination of multiple incidents of antisemitic hate the 20-year-old leveled against his target. Weeks earlier, […]

The children of a generation of parents are childfree, by choice or circumstance, and their parents are grappling with the consequences. The New York Times recently ran a piece about this titled “The Unspoken Grief of Never Becoming a Grandparent.” My grandparents were the parents of four children and, from those four children, only had […]

Since the 1970s, working men, particularly those without college degrees, have experienced lower employment rates, increased social isolation and growing health risks. Today, we are starting to see early signs that this problem may be abating. But lately, men have started going back to work. During most recessions, the male employment rate falls and...

The Biden administration has preliminarily said it would give a $6.6 billion loan to electric vehicle maker Rivian for a plant in Georgia. The administration said the loan would support the construction of a facility where Rivian will make up to 400,000 “mass-market” electric SUVs and crossovers.  Specifically, it will support construction of Rivian’s R2...

Tom Homan, President-elect Trump’s "border czar," will visit the Texas southern border on Tuesday to discuss plans for mass deportation alongside the state’s Gov. Greg Abbott (R), with less than two months until inauguration. “Well, we're not waiting until January 20th. We're already planning what we're going to do to lock down the state of...

Nearly 35 million new users have flocked to Instagram's Threads this month as the Meta platform seeks to capture users leaving X and keep an edge over emerging platform Bluesky. The growth rate for Threads ramped up in mid-November, with 20 million of this month's new users signing up over the past 10 days, Meta...

The NAACP is expressing concern over how Black Americans might be affected by President-elect Trump's Cabinet picks, some of whom have been linked to the writing of the conservative Project 2025 presidential transition plan. “From accused criminals to confirmed authors of Project 2025, the President-elect's cabinet appointments present a daunting outlook for the next four...

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum threatened to retaliate with her own tariffs against the United States, after President-elect Trump suggested he would impose a 25 percent tax on imported goods from Mexico if her country did not stop the flow of drugs across the border. In remarks on Tuesday, Sheinbaum said that drugs were a U.S....

The governments of China and Mexico warned of retaliatory trade actions and Canada urged restraint Tuesday after President-elect Trump on Monday threatened steep tariffs to pressure those countries into cracking down on drug trafficking and illegal immigration. Spokesperson for the Chinese embassy in the U.S., Liu Pengyu, warned that “no one will win a trade...