When J.D. Vance was twelve, his mother, struggling with substance abuse, sped down the highway and told him that she was going to crash the car and kill them both. When she slowed down, Vance fled, his mother was arrested, and the family became the subject of a Child Protective Services (CPS) investigation. As Vance-the-memoirist describes it, he feared foster…Read More

George Orwell reportedly said, “In a time of deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act.” As we approach the 250th anniversary of America’s founding by revolutionaries, we need more truth, not less. Our school is dedicated to doing just … Continue reading → Source link www.scpronet.comRead More

President’s assertion that Nato troops were not on the front line in Afghanistan has sparked widespread angerKeir Starmer’s allies have launched a “Stop Andy Burnham” campaign to prevent the Labour mayor from returning to parliament after the resignation of a Manchester MP triggered a byelection, Pippa Crerar, Jessica Elgot and Josh Halliday report in their overnight story.In a good analysis,…Read More

Kate Baldwin is an Associate Professor of Political Science at Yale University. She is the author of the book Faith in Democracy: The Logic of Church Advocacy for Liberal Democratic Institutions in Africa. The Democracy Paradox is made in partnership with the Kellogg Institute of the Keough School of Global Affairs at the University of Notre Dame. The group of people who have an…Read More

By Leah Greenberg, Indivisible Co-Founder and Co-Executive DirectorScreengrab via Democracy Now!Martin Luther King Jr. Day arrives this year amid a deliberate effort to rewrite American history and a wholesale assault on civil rights in America.It has been one year since Donald Trump was inaugurated on Martin Luther King Jr. Day. It felt cruel and grotesque that a man who represents so…Read More

This is a post for FrameLab’s paid subscribers. Thank you for supporting this work, and we invite you to be a part of the conversation as we begin to examine the framing of the 2028 election.It’s no secret that Gavin Newsom has pivoted to the political right as he readies his 2028 presidential campaign. After all, California's Democratic governor hosts…Read More

“My own morality. My own mind. It's the only thing that can stop me.”There it is, plain as day: the stark logic of authoritarian power.In an interview with the New York Times, Donald Trump laid it out bare. It was a stunning declaration of a dangerous political philosophy. Trump said that his personal sense of right and wrong is the…Read More

ICE shot a mom of 3 in the face just after she dropped her 6-year old off at school. Renee Nicole Good was a prize-winning poet from a red state. She was the widow of a veteran. She was also raising her kids to be kind and compassionate. She did missionary work and sang in the church choir.Trump and his…Read More