The Pew Research Center released a survey in January highlighting the left-leaning values of Generation Z. While most of Gen Z has yet to reach voting age, its members are now 13-to-21 years old, those who identify as Republican hold more progressive values than Republican millennials, Generation Xers, Baby Boomers, or the Silent Generation. If […]
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5 Reasons Why MAGA Conservatism Has Never Made Any Sense
Even on its own terms, MAGA doesn’t add up.
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Steve King’s Bridge Too Far?
The outrage that greeted the Iowa Republican’s latest transgression means little so long as the GOP continues to let Donald Trump off the hook.
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Threat Posed by the Right Is Multiplied by a Legacy of Denial
Now under threat themselves, the media are beginning to get it. But will law enforcement follow suit?
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The ‘Weekly Standard’ and the Eclipse of the Center-Right
The neoconservative weekly’s troubles are symptomatic of a larger and more dangerous change in American media and politics.
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The Last President of the Old Ruling Class
George H.W. Bush, 1924-2018
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Charlie Baker Can’t Have It Both Ways
The Massachusetts Republican governor running for re-election sometimes criticizes President Trump, but he’s also helped fill Republican National Committee coffers for GOP heavy-hitters.
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Liberal Voters Finally Notice the War Over the Courts — Decades After Conservatives Did
For decades, only social conservatives made the courts a make-or-break voting issue. Can liberals now up their game and win the war?
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Is Brazil Joining the Far-Right Club?
The current elections are less about ideology and more about corruption.
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The Con in Foxconn Wisconsin
How economic impact studies justify the transfer of wealth from taxpayers to corporations
