July 11, 2022
By David Weakliem and Andrew Gelman
Most Democrats think that abortion should be legal while Republicans think that it should be illegal. But it was not always this way
Most Democrats think that abortion should be legal while Republicans think that it should be illegal. But it was not always this way
This is a community that respects life, is law-abiding, and is a great place to raise a family as my wife and I
When a so-called solution to inflation involves making countless workers and their families worse off, it is not a solution. It’s just cruel.
The Supreme Court’s recent decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization was clearly a judicial and social earthquake.
For 40 years, Republicans treated every election as though Roe v. Wade itself was on the ballot, while too many Democrats, so often
If Trump was indeed “willfully ignorant,” Attorney General Merrick Garland and the DOJ have a legal roadmap for indicting the 45th President of
As Congress appears poised to pass the first major gun legislation in a generation, swing voters in Arizona remain doubtful it will have
The “business as usual” mindset toward energy has historically undermined its strategic importance.
Reducing our negative biases towards undocumented immigrants is possible. It starts with holding the media and politicians accountable for misleading information about undocumented
The recently announced bipartisan gun safety bill is a welcome step in the right direction. Yet it could use the playbook on airport
The real danger of men like Trump and Joe McCarthy is that the facts don’t seem to matter at all. They believe the
It almost goes without saying that our nation is very polarized on how we should treat gun ownership. Despite where you personally land
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