“He feels very close to us”: What We Can Learn from Zohran Mamdani about (Youth) Politics
“If I were mayor,” Mamdani promised, “halal would be eight bucks again.”
2025-2026 Issue I
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Blood, Guts, and Politics: How Horror Reflects What Haunts Us
The lights are off. You are cuddled under your favorite blanket, and the brilliant glow from your laptop screen illuminates your dimly lit room. Your heart rate quickens and your eyes stay fastened to the scene as you watch the protagonist run through the woods—gasping for air as her flashlight struggles to emit a splinter of light. Yet, something about the movie feels more than mere fiction. Horror is more than vampire and voodoo; it is often regarded as political.
History Repeats Itself: The Gender Voting Gap in America
A 39 percentage point difference. This was the eye-widening statistic that The New York Times reported in its August 2024 poll, finding that 18 to 29-year-old women preferred President Joe Biden by 28 points, whereas young men of this age supported President Donald Trump by 11 points.
Gen Z and the label of “laziness”
Only 32 percent of Gen Z believe the global economy will improve in the next year, and fewer than three in ten expect the social or political climate to get better, according to Deloitte’s 2025 Gen Z and Millennial Survey….
Defending Big Data
Across America, Thanksgiving dinners have turned into sparring matches, and petty conflict often overshadows substantive policy discussion. Political polarization costs all of us: it poisons social relations, increases legislative gridlock, and drives elected officials to prioritize winning over representing their constituents’ interests.
Ten Years After Love Won: Jim Obergefell on Marriage Equality Then and Now
Ten years ago, the Supreme Court handed down its decision in Obergefell v. Hodges, declaring that same-sex couples had a constitutional right to marry in all 50 states. For many Americans, it felt like the close of a bitter chapter—the end of a long legal and cultural war. And for Jim Obergefell, the man whose name now sits atop one of the most significant civil rights rulings in United States history, it felt like the first step toward healing.
In MAHA We Trust: Inside the Make America Healthy Again Movement
A typical day in the life of Katlyn Bevington includes waking up, doing a devotional, homeschooling her kids, and putting them to bed. She seems like a regular homeschooling mom. She is anything but.
The Headless Party: Inside the Democrats’ Search for Identity in the Age of Trump
The Democratic Party finds itself in a leadership vacuum. The 2024 presidential election was a devastating loss that brought Donald Trump back to the White House, Republicans in control of both chambers of Congress, and the Supreme Court solidly conservative.