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“Mississippi needs a barnstorming governor who can drink RC colas and eat Moon Pies,” Representative Bennie Thompson (D-MS), the only Democrat in Mississippi’s congressional delegation, said. Brandon Presley––the presumptive Democratic nominee in the 2023 Mississippi Gubernatorial election––fits the bill. With…
On an otherwise sedate afternoon in May 1995, residents of a remote village in Lhari, Northern Tibet, watched in stunned silence as armed men stormed into one of the town’s homes, snatched a family of herders, and fled as quickly…
The reversal of Roe v. Wade marked the beginning of a slew of ongoing attacks on reproductive health — and experts predict the next round of assaults will focus on contraceptive access. A dangerous combination of clinic closures, staffing shortages,…
It was the Monday night before classes were set to begin for Yale’s spring semester. Many of the students living in Bingham Hall, one of the first-year dorms on Yale’s Old Campus, had made an effort to sleep early in…
In 2019, Poland’s state TV broadcaster, Telewizja Polska S.A. (TVP), accused Wojciech Sadurski of criminal defamation over a tweet. A dual citizen of Poland and Australia, Sadurski is Challis Professor of Jurisprudence at the University of Sydney. In recent years,…
Kelly Schulz is every bit a classic conservative. To her, being a Republican is “about small government, it’s about less taxes, it’s about good education, it’s about individual freedoms.” Her words hearken back to an older Republican Party, one defined…
On May 10, 2022, Governor Ned Lamont signed a bill into law intended to limit the use of solitary confinement in Connecticut. Lamont had vetoed a similar bill in 2021, but included some of the same policies in this year’s…
Lisa, a 58-year-old transit officer, grew up in the Catholic tradition. When she moved to New Haven eight years ago, she bounced around from church to church, but none really felt like home. Then, Lisa found Vox, an evangelical megachurch…
