(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Populism is a political ideology that positions “the people” as a morally just, good ...

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For centuries, the United States of America has been hailed as a paragon of pluralism and free speech. Unfortunately, earnest political discourse has become largely impossible in America, and ...

An Obama Judge’s Absurd Reasoning for Restoring Funding to the American Academy of Pediatrics Covid Concealment Shows Why Congress Must Act to Protect Public Health Elephants Crowd the Room as ...

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The working class’s continued attraction to Donald Trump has long rankled his opponents, who argue that his biggest first-term policy accomplishment, the 2017 Tax and Jobs Act, disproportionately ...