How Could Human Nature Have Become This Politicized?
The nation’s faltering attempt to contain the Covid-19 pandemic has revealed once again the role of political partisanship in every aspect of American society. Academic...
Tag : Conservatism (US Politics)
Reddit, Acting Against Hate Speech, Bans ‘The_Donald’ Subreddit
SAN FRANCISCO — Reddit, one of the largest social networking and message board websites, on Monday banned its biggest community devoted to President Trump as...
Trump’s Self-Inflicted Wound: Losing Swing Voters As He Plays to His Base
Since the day he was sworn into office, President Trump has pursued policies and practiced politics with a single-minded focus on bedrock Republicans, showing little...
Republican Leaders Condemn a G.O.P. Congressional Candidate’s Racist Facebook Videos
A Republican candidate who has promoted the QAnon conspiracy theory faced criticism on Wednesday from members of her own party for making a series of...
On L.G.B.T.Q. Rights, a Gulf Between Trump and Many Republican Voters
When President George W. Bush needed to shore up support with social conservatives during his re-election run in 2004, he turned to a familiar political...
Surprise! Justice on L.G.B.T. Rights From a Trump Judge
The new season of my favorite television show, “The Good Fight,” begins with the heroine, the feminist lawyer Diane Lockhart, awakening in what seems at...
A Half-Century On, an Unexpected Milestone for L.G.B.T.Q. Rights
When Donald J. Trump was elected president, gay and lesbian leaders warned that their far-reaching victories under Barack Obama — including the Supreme Court’s decision...
Gorsuch, Conservative Favorite Appointed by Trump, Leads Way on Landmark Decision
WASHINGTON — Justice Neil M. Gorsuch is a profoundly conservative jurist and one of two appointments President Trump has made to the Supreme Court that...
It’s Trump’s Revolution
In 1804, the Corsican upstart Napoleon Bonaparte crowned himself as France’s emperor. His mother, born Letizia Ramolino, did not attend the coronation. Informed of her...
Ivanka Trump Blames ‘Cancel Culture’ After College Pulls Her Commencement Speech
WASHINGTON — Ivanka Trump, President Trump’s eldest daughter, said she had been the victim of “viewpoint discrimination” and “cancel culture” after a community college in...