Statement of Concern  —  The Threats to American Democracy and the Need for National Voting and Election Administration Standards  —  We, the undersigned, are scholars of democracy who have watched the recent deterioration of U.S. elections and liberal democracy with growing alarm.

Coups and Rumors of Coups  —  The threat is no joke.  —  Let's stipulate that any talk about coups is crazy.  Our traditions and institutions — both in and out of the military — are simply too strong, and the very idea of a coup is so profoundly un-American that it is unthinkable.

The GOP Has Discovered Joe Biden's Political Superpower  —  Something strange has been happening to my in-box.  It's still a wasteland, a ghastly stream of spam and requests from an endless array of politicians and political organizations.  But the GOP fundraising emails — usually the loudest …

Critical race theory is under attack  —  One hundred years ago today, mobs of armed white supremacists violently attacked and killed Black residents and destroyed Black businesses in Tulsa, Okla., in the Greenwood District.  —  The Tulsa Race Massacre is one of the most devastating …

Republicans fear Trump will lead to a ‘lost generation’ of talent  —  As Donald Trump ponders another presidential bid, top Republicans have grown fearful about what they're calling the party's “lost generation.”  —  In conversations with more than 20 lawmakers, ex-lawmakers, top advisers and aides …

FACT SHEET: Biden-Harris Administration Announces New Actions to Build Black Wealth and Narrow the Racial Wealth Gap … One hundred years ago, the thriving Black community of Greenwood in Tulsa, Oklahoma, known as “Black Wall Street,” was ruthlessly attacked by a violent white supremacist mob.

Anthony Fauci's pandemic emails: ‘All is well despite some crazy people in this world’  —  Fauci's correspondence from March and April 2020, obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, offers a peek into his world during the frantic early days of the coronavirus crisis

The Democrat Model for the Future is the Worst City in America  —  The only things going up are murder rates, STDs and electric car chargers.  —  Daniel Greenfield, a Shillman Journalism Fellow at the Freedom Center, is an investigative journalist and writer focusing on the radical Left and Islamic terrorism.

Pope reforms penal sanctions in the Church: Mercy requires correction  —  With the Apostolic Constitution “Pascite Gregem Dei,” Pope Francis reforms Book VI of the Code of Canon Law, continuing a revision begun by Benedict XVI and applying penal sanctions to more criminal offenses.

Supreme Court will soon release a potentially pivotal decision for LGBT rights  — The Supreme Court is expected to release a decision in the coming days that could provide the first glimpses of how its 6-3 conservative majority will shape the future of LGBT rights.

U.S. cities hire specialists to counter climate change as impacts worsen  —  Tucson hired a forester.  Miami named a heat officer.  And Los Angeles appointed a climate emergency mobilization director.  —  Across the United States, cities have launched new programs focused on dealing with extreme weather …

Put Trump on the ballot in '22?  No thanks, some Dems say  —  As Donald Trump cannonballs back into national headlines more scandal-ridden than ever, it turns out that Republicans aren't the only ones who don't want to fixate on the former president.  Many House Democrats feel the same way.

Low-paid Capitol Hill staffers are moonlighting for Starbucks and Door Dash.  They're fed up with unlivable salaries that hinder diversity and kneecap careers.  — Hill staffers have put up with low wages for years.  Some start in the high $20,000s.  — Powerful Congress members …

What Chuck Schumer can learn from Harry Reid  —  “I think the biggest lesson is never trust Republicans,” says one of Reid's former staffers.  —  By the time he decided to “go nuclear” on filibusters for most presidential appointees, Harry Reid had had it with Republicans.

Hunter Biden's laptop keeps damning Joe, but most media just ignore it  —  Hunter Biden's laptop continues to yield damning information that shows his dad, President Joe Biden, played a significant and knowing role in his son's sleazy influence-peddling.  And while the media efforts to pretend …

Kamalanomics: Vice President Harris Outlines Her Vision Of Inclusive Entrepreneurship  —  The pandemic has prompted a surge in entrepreneurship, voluntary and involuntary.  The United States' first female, Black and Asian-American vice president shares her ideas in an exclusive essay for Forbes …

Trump's back.  Here's what his re-entry means for 2024. … WASHINGTON — Defeated presidents usually go away — at least for a long while.  Not Donald Trump.  —  Trump returns to the electoral battlefield Saturday as the marquee speaker at the North Carolina Republican Party's state convention.

An Evangelical Battle of the Generations: To Embrace Trump or Not?  —  For years, there was an adage around Liberty University that if God split Jerry Falwell in half, you would have his sons Jerry and Jonathan.  —  Jerry Jr. inherited his father's desire to be a force in American politics …

Maureen Dowd Talks ‘Mare of Easttown’ With Kate Winslet  —  The star of ‘Mare of Easttown’ is back on the sides of buses.  Without airbrushing.  —  Philly's a tough town.  —  If there's a quintessential story about the City of Brotherly Love, it's this one: In 2015 …

The public school system had stopped teaching children long before the pandemic  —  If the academic year now ending has taught us anything, it's that the public school system would rather indoctrinate than educate its students.  —  The school system was created to teach students academically and morally …

Vice President Harris' team tries to distance her from fraught situation at the border  —  Two White House officials familiar with the dynamic said Harris and her aides have emphasized internally that they want to focus on conditions in Central America that push migrants to the US southern border …

Belarus enacts new rules restricting citizens from leaving  —  Minsk's border agency has announced new rules that will make it nearly impossible to leave the country.  As citizens attempt to flee Belarus, longtime leader Alexander Lukashenko appears to be closing all the exits.

The Covid Vaccine Is Free, but Not Everyone Believes That  —  Concern over unexpected bills was one of the reasons respondents in a U.S. survey gave for hesitation about getting the shot.  —  When Paul Moser considers getting a coronavirus vaccine, he also thinks about his outstanding medical debt …