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Making a ‘boring’ campaign more exciting, or just distracting from the issues that matter most?
Conservative political commentator Ben Shapiro speaks at the 2018 Politicon in Los Angeles.
Since its birth 50 years ago, hip-hop music has embraced artists of every race and ethnic background. An avowed hip-hop hater might be a step too far.
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Being rightwing involves specific beliefs about the world but is also linked to our genes and environment.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and U.S. President Joe Biden arrive for a news conference on Dec. 12, 2023, in Washington, D.C.
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With US aid to Ukraine locked in a partisan battle over security at the US southern border, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy faces the possibility of losing his largest supporter.
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Nationalist parties are the most likely to be found dreaming of a glorious past in their campaign literature, especially in central and eastern Europe.
Jim Jordan, center, has been working feverishly to line up support for his speakership.
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In the 1850s, a fight over the speakership took nearly two months and 133 rounds of voting. But for nearly a century, the majority party in the House has unanimously supported its leader. No longer.
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Voice supporters are not looking for division, but rather a desire to play a role in the future of a nation that accepts it’s our country, too.
Enrique Tarrio, leader of the Proud Boys, at left, and group member Joe Biggs were sentenced to many years in federal prison.
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The Proud Boys are more of a loosely affiliated street gang than they are a unified right-wing militia, researchers say. But police ignore the threats from these groups, and their threats grow.
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis campaigns for re-election during a rally on November 7, 2022.
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The GOP leadership renewed its pledge to resist public education that includes painful discussions on race and racism in America.
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Drama is an engine of discovery as powerful as media reportage, - with the remarkable advantage of putting humans beings under the microscope, linking opinions to emotions.
Armin Laschet’s performance in the recent Germany election has led to soul searching among Christian democrats.
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A look behind the long-term trends following the surprise victory for social democrats in Germany.
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It’s not just issues like climate change and vaccines that pose problems for conservative thinkers – it’s the way science itself is conducted.
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Local pubs play an important role in local identity – itself a known driver in support for radical-right parties.
Environmental activists from Extinction Rebellion protest in Pretoria, South Africa.
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Global cooperation is essential if climate action is to be effective, amid the right-wing onslaught against multilateralism.
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Understanding moderate politics can help us navigate the extremes of the current age.
Some of the far-right group’s staff in 1976.
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It planted the seeds of the tea party and the Trump administration.
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg takes his seat to testify on Capitol Hill in Washington in April 2018 about the use of Facebook data to target American voters in the 2016 election.
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Many tech titans say they can self-regulate online hate speech and extremism with artificial intelligence, but can they?
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Journalists should mind their language.
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Britain is experiencing a moment of great cultural tension. The US president isn’t helping.
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In government with the Five Star Movement, the radical politician’s Lega is going from strength to strength.