At the Values Voter Summit, politicians were told that the path to victory is in promoting issues that turn out to alienate young people and women.
Religion
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Missiles and Rebels: What Could Possibly Go Wrong?
Is the Obama administration thinking about all the ways the campaign against ISIL could turn into a disaster?
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Are We Getting Enough Religion With Our Politics?
Politicians give the voters only the piety that they believe the political market demands.
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Reclaiming Our Rights: Going Proactive to End Discriminatory Abortion Restriction
Women are sick of politicians meddling in their health care decisions for cheap political points. Young people are hitting the road to let them know.
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Republicans Seek to Tar All Muslims With the Brush of ISIL
When the president said the terrorist group was not Islamic, his opposition got hopping mad.
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Jindal’s Assault on Abortion Rights the Latest Round in the War on Women
The Louisiana governor and 2016 presidential hopeful has signed into law a measure that would shut at least three of the state’s five abortion clinics.
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In American Jewish Politics Regarding Israel, the Center Is Collapsing
Increasingly, U.S. media are covering the growing repression of left-wing and dissenting voices in Israel, alienating many American Jews, especially among the young.
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In ‘Long, Slow, Agonizing Process,’ a Former Texas Operative Leaves the Religious Right
Elaine White was once in the inner circle of political power in the second-largest state in the nation. Then a crisis of faith changed all that.
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It’s Time To Stop ‘Managing’ the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict and Just End It
Netanyahu appears to truly not believe that a negotiated agreement can end a conflict with a dedicated opponent, but there’s really no other way.
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Getting the Government Out of Your Wedding
A federal appeals court says its time for the state to stop saying what kind of clergy can perform your ceremony.
