The Four Psychological Traits That Fuel Political Extremism — and What They Mean for Our Democracy Now

I will stipulate at the outset that I do not know how to reverse the long trend toward distrust in traditional American news sources. There's probably a solution out there, likely something involving ...

Americans must stand against Trump’s shutdown agenda.

Private payrolls saw their biggest decline in 2½ years during September, ADP said.

More Americans blame Trump and Republicans than Democrats for shutdown, poll finds.

Trump lost the battle with Jimmy Kimmel but he's declared war on acetaminophen.

"Jeffrey Epstein: Bad Pedophile" is a very silly deep dive on a very serious issue. In the current media landscape, it’s a wonder it even got made.

The tech mogul is amping up his apocalyptic rhetoric—and adding a dangerous dose of extremism into the already-fraught culture war.

A late night comedian is calling on Americans to rise up — not in rage, but in reason.

Democracy depends on optimism. This isn't simply a pithy slogan; it's an encapsulation of what it means to agree that power should be allocated by consensus. If you cast a vote for a candidate who los...

This week I took timeout from the turmoil in our country and the world to celebrate Rosh Hashana, the Jewish new year. We ended the service with a prayer for our country — a prayer written years ago, but that could not be more timely and meaningful today, given all that has gone on for the last nine months. Here it is. (From Mishkan Hanefesh, the Prayer Book for Rosh Hashana} God of holiness, we hear Your message: Justice, justice you shall pursue. God of freedom we hear Your charge: Proclaim liberty throughout the land. Inspire us through Your teachings and commandments to love and uphold our precious democracy.  Let every citizen take responsibility for the rights and freedoms we cherish.  Let each of us be an advocate for justice, an activist for liberty, a defender of dignity.  And let us champion the values that make our nation a haven for the persecuted, a beacon of hope among the nations. May our actions reflect compassion for all people, within our borders and abroad.  May our leaders and officials embody the vision of our founders: to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity. We pray for courage and conscience as we aim to support our country’s highest values and aspirations: the hard-won rights that define us as a people, the responsibilities that they entail. We pray for all who serve our country with selfless devotion — in peace and in war, from the fields of battle to clinics and classrooms, from government to the grassroots: all those whose noble deeds and sacrifice benefit our nation and our world. We are grateful for the rights of Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness that our founders ascribed to You, our Creator.  We pray for their wisdom and moral strength, that we may be the guardians of these rights for ourselves and for the sake of all people, now and forever.

When the hell will someone with power ($$$$$) tell the truth to the public about how damaging Trump has already been?

How do Democrats finally win in Texas?

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On the very same day he was murdered, another horror unfolded with yet another school shooting.