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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.
The Politic Episode 11: Texas Democrats Fled the State to Avoid Redistricting—Where Does America Go From Here?
In August, Democrats in the Texas House fled the state to break quorum in a special session. For two weeks they stayed in Illinois, hoping to delay a redistricting motion put forth by House Republicans, which could gerrymander five seats in the midterm elections.
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.
Where Are the Men? The College Enrollment Crisis
Registering for the wrong class permanently changed the educational outlook of Joseph Nelson, PhD. Today, he works to ensure that all young men have equal access to education’s transformative effects.
When Lies Go Viral: Meta’s Retreat From Fact-Checking
In 2012, Meta’s algorithm pushed hate speech that fueled the massacre of the Rohingya people in Myanmar. This content, including a widely shared video from prominent anti-Rohingya figure U Wirathu, inflamed discrimination and animosity against the already marginalized group.
The Cross at a Crossroads: Christianity’s Reckoning in Modern America
Ryan Burge spent decades at the pulpit of a church that had been standing since 1868. By 2025, it was gone.
Sound It Out: How Phonics Won America’s Reading Wars
Adrienne Gear’s early days as a teacher brought an unforeseen challenge: despite her dedication, she was failing in her most critical responsibility—teaching her young students to read.
Latino History in Washington: The Push for the National Museum of the American Latino
Hinojosa feels that the negative reaction to ¡Presente! had more to do with politics than the content of the exhibit: “I think what was really frustrating is that you had a lot of people with zero experience that were not very qualified to make these kinds of assessments, basing their assessments based strictly on the political climate that we’re currently in.”