Trump Repeatedly Blames Biden, Harris for Assassination Attempt Allegedly by Another GOPer

Donald Trump is repeatedly attempting to blame President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris for what is being investigated as a second assassination attempt, allegedly by a suspect who yet ... Read More

The far right actually hates America: Its dark ideology has foreign roots

A moment’s reflection suggests the reason behind conservatives' tendency to lavish praise on foreign regimes and their theoreticians: The right does not much care for America, as its leading voices ... Read More

Christians, Hindus, Buddhists seek secular state in Bangladesh in response to violence against them

Christians in Bangladesh are joining Buddhists and Hindus in calling for a secular state in their fight against religious oppression in the Muslim-led nation. Read More

The dark heart of Strictly Come Dancing

The third and final cause is what might be called the young right’s epistemic snap. Thoroughly alienated from the American mainstream, they feel compelled to believe that everything they’ve been ... Read More

Watch: Trump Basically Admits He Tried to Overthrow the 2020 Election

During an interview Sunday on Fox News’s Life, Liberty & Levin, Trump seemingly defended his right to illegally interfere with the 2020 election—while also claiming he did not do it, when asked about ... Read More

Vatican II—and its media coverage—has a lesson for today’s synod: Don’t expect immediate results

A look back at the Second Vatican Council through the coverage offered by America and Commonweal offers two lessons: First, we should not expect the journey of the church after the Synod on Synodality ... Read More

Average citizens need empowerment

In our current system, elections do not foster good policies. Some elite thinkers would blame the electorate rather than the system in which they cast their votes, and thus would try to limit the ... Read More

America Must Free Itself from the Tyranny of the Penny

Few things symbolize our national dysfunction as much as this accursed coin, which we mint by the millions because it’s too worthless to spend. Read More

Republicans, Democrats work to restore voter trust in Wisconsin

This article is part of U.S. Democracy Day, a nationwide collaborative on Sept. 15, the International Day of Democracy, in which news organizations cover how democracy works and the threats it faces. Read More

Trump and Harris face off in contentious debate

Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump faced off tonight in their first presidential debate. Read More

A Crucial Debate Awaits Harris and Trump: Sept. 9 Campaign News

As Donald J. Trump and Kamala Harris prepare for the only debate they have scheduled, Mr. Trump’s campaign aired a bogus claim about migrants. A court ruling in Michigan will keep Robert F. Kennedy Jr ... Read More

The Exotic Cat-Eaters of Springfield, Ohio

And while J.D. Vance’s hillbilly ancestors may not have been the inbred, possum-eating, superstitious bushwhackers of legend and lore, as they descended on Ohio from the hills of Kentucky they had ... Read More