The government shutdown provided a short-term version of what some activists have long wanted: A government small enough so that you could 'drag it into the bathroom and drown it in the bathtub.'
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Many states are planning to introduce Bible literacy classes in schools. These classes have a long and acrimonious history.
The social polarisation over Brexit is pronounced and shows no sign of diminishing.
Maxime Bernier's new political party may be able to swipe some votes from the Conservatives. But it's going nowhere if he allows it to remain a conduit for xenophobia, nativism and white supremacy.
A Trump prophecy movement believes that his election was part of God's plan. This round up from our archives explains a fast- growing Christian movement and some others from the past.
President Trump has promised to protect religious liberty. But there was a time when evangelicals believed that a religion that needed protection from government had no reason to exist at all.
A scholar raised by leftist San Francisco parents in the 1970s ends up teaching in the heartland, where her students represent a very different kind of politics. What she learns from them is profound.
News Corp, Sky News and 2GB have contributed to the creeping 'Foxification' of Australian politics over the life of the Turnbull government.
Leading a party divided over Europe and unable to make her ideological mark, the prime minister is experiencing similar troubles to another Tory leader. But how will it end?
Donald Trump's pick for the highest court in America has Democrats furious, as well as some Republicans.
In recent years, Christian television has moved into news and politics. A scholar explains its impact on beliefs and on politics.
The history of Lords defeats – and why the fate of the EU (Withdrawal) Bill is not a constitutional anomaly.
What impact did Brexit have on the local election results?
Voting is all over the place in 2018. But Labour is the party with most to think about after this result.
Although the choice of liberal icon Jimmy Carter as commencement speaker at Liberty University might be surprising, an expert explains why this fits in with the dream of conservative schools.
The tax agency, as it happens, singled out both conservative and liberal groups seeking tax-exempt status for extra scrutiny. But the myth that it picked on the tea party movement hasn't gone away.
The Ontario PCs are reeling from the fallout of Patrick Brown's removal as leader in January and his subsequent return to the leadership race. Can the party pull it together in time for the June vote?
Despite claims that college turns students liberal, a new study reveals that students gain more appreciation for both liberal and conservative views during their freshman year.
King led one of the most successful resistance movements in American history. A scholar explains King's strategies in resistance.
Patient care is being "rationed" in NHS hospitals as a result of the nursing shortfall.
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