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Several studies suggest that people in red states have more babies than those in blue states. A new report from a conservative-leaning group says that could have implications for politics and culture.

Bret Stephens, Frank Bruni and Aaron Retica on the gap between the president’s interests and what matters to Americans.

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Importantly, we do not yet—and may never—know the motive, or constellation of ...

In 2003, soon-to-be New York Times Executive Editor Bill Keller tried to explain what was happening at the intersection of evangelical Christianity and the Republican Party to an audience that was ...

Mr. Witt is the author of “The Radical Fund: How a Band of Visionaries and a Million Dollars Upended America.” As democracy in the United States spirals into a widening gyre of distrust, demagogy and ...

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. A theory of political speech under the second Trump presidency. A theory of political speech under the second ...

Charlie Kirk was murdered recently while talking to a group of young people at an open forum on a college campus. At his funeral, speakers presented different messages. Charlie’s wife, Erika, said of ...

On Tuesday, the first act in the story of Donald Trump’s remarkable political resurrection comes to a close. The statewide contests in Virginia and New Jersey, as well as some other races around the ...

This essay appears in our current print issue under the headline “What We Don’t Talk About When We Talk About Political Violence.” Subscribe to get a copy. Georges Sorel, writing in 1908, gave a very ...