When did you last test yourself for COVID-19? There was a time when plans were cancelled at the first sign of a sniffle. Four years later, the strange spell of COVID has lost its potency: The fever ...

Character. I have thought about that word much lately, especially since Monday was the day we observed Martin Luther King Jr’s birthday. It was also the day of President Donald Trump’s inauguration.

WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 05: Howard University students listen to polling results during an election night event for Democratic presidential nominee, U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris at Howard ...

Yascha Mounk’s new book “The Identity Trap: A Story of Ideas and Power in Our Time” arrives at a crucial juncture for American liberalism. In this timely and incisive work, Mounk confronts the rising ...

After Vice President Kamala Harris' election loss, Democrats need to move away from identity politics if they want to win, writes columnist Daniel McCarthy. Photo by SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images ...

When it comes to taking advantage of identity in politics, the two most effective American candidates this century have been Barack Obama and Donald Trump. Mr Obama had written the best campaign book ...

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Sen.-elect Elissa Slotkin, D-Mich., said Democrats need to ditch identity politics if they want to win over voters in future elections, telling reporters the ideology needed to "go the way of the dodo ...

GOP leaders have a tough time with Black people and respect. From the insistence that former President Barack Obama was not a native-born U.S. citizen to the Republican Party going on the record with ...

Identity politics have played a significant role in shaping the landscape of American politics in recent years. This Washington D.C. polling station was packed. The line wrapped around the room – some ...