The UK of 2024 is very different than 1997. Back then, Britons had hope for the future. Today, many are disaffected and cynical, hoping things won’t continue to get worse.
Economic analysis may have influenced the date of the election – but this kind of diagnostic approach could be more widely adopted when it comes to forming policies.
In her new book, Who’s Afraid of Gender?, feminist philosopher Judith Butler explains how gender and sex are socially constructed, while fighting critics who see gender as a threat to the social order.
Thinking about issues’ impact on their own lives can help people envision more common ground.
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Changing the ‘psychological distance’ someone feels toward an issue can shift their attitudes in ways that might help people on opposite sides of an issue see more eye to eye.
We investigated whether rates of children in care have been growing or falling across all English local authorities according to their party political leadership.
Former US president Donald Trump delivers a speech after winning the New Hampshire primary on January 23, 2024.
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We need to contemplate wokeness so as to avoid polarizing polemics and to increase mutual understanding.
Daily Wire co-CEO Caleb Robinson, co-CEO Jeremy Boreing and editor emeritus Ben Shapiro attend the red carpet premiere of ‘Lady Ballers’ on Nov. 29, 2023, in Nashville, Tenn.
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Through action films, dramas and kids’ cartoons, right-wing activists are working to build their own alternative entertainment universe insulated from Hollywood’s purported liberal biases.
House Republicans applaud as U.S. Rep. Mike Johnson, center, is elected the new speaker of the House on Oct. 25, 2023.
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The problems faced by the House GOP in choosing a new speaker aren’t particular to Republicans. They’re a reflection of larger problems that have afflicted both parties in Congress.
Past prime ministers could afford to talk big on climate change – but now the impact of the environmental crisis is manifestly real, Sunak can’t afford to appease those who oppose green policies.
The U.S. Capitol, where on May 31, 2023, the House passed a debt limit deal on a bipartisan vote.
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The news media spent a lot of time reporting on how much progressive Democrats and conservative Republicans didn’t like the debt ceiling deal. But centrists had enough votes to pass it in the House.
Former U.S. president Donald Trump gives thumbs up as he watches during the first round of the LIV Golf Tournament at Trump National Golf Club in Sterling, Va.
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It will take a lot of strategic ingenuity to fight the rise of populism. And it will get harder to do so as politicians rig the game with rules designed to reduce voting.
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, left, meets with President Joe Biden to discuss the debt limit in the White House on May 22, 2023.
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Brinkmanship means coming to the edge of potential default on the US debt ceiling. Are lawmakers negotiating the debt limit representing the wishes and interests of their voters?