America’s populist turn has confused and perplexed observers of U.S. politics, both at home and abroad. New cultural flashpoints emerge with great intensity and speed, and many seasoned observers can no longer predict the American reaction to long-standing problems. Many have hoped the populist moment would at least make U.S. foreign policy less ideological. As
Amos Brown blamed America for 9/11 at a memorial service for one of the victims Vice President Harris and pastor Amos Brown (@vp/Instagram) Days after 9/11, San Francisco pastor Amos Brown blamed the United States for the terrorist attacks in a fiery sermon that drew condemnation from 9/11 victims’ families and liberal lawmakers like Nancy
WASHINGTON (Reuters)—Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said in a court filing that he will endorse Republican Donald Trump for president, the Associated Press reported ahead of planned remarks by the independent candidate set for later on Friday. Kennedy made the statement in a Pennsylvania court filing that also asked to remove him from the state’s ballot,
Following Kamala Harris’s official nomination as the Democratic presidential candidate Thursday evening, Rep. Seth Moulton (D., Mass.) urged the vice president to start laying out “real, solid policy proposals” in the coming weeks, warning that “the honeymoon’s inevitably going to end.” “Two things are going to happen: One, the honeymoon’s inevitably going to end, and
The University of California, Los Angeles dismissed its appeal to a judge’s devastating Aug. 13 ruling that found the school has failed in its responsibility to maintain equal access to programs, activities, and campus areas for Jewish and non-Jewish students alike. UCLA has decided to pull its appeal, which the school originally filed this week,
“Something wonderfully magical is in the air, isn’t it?” asked Michelle Obama at the top of her stemwinder speech to the Democratic National Convention in Chicago this week. “You know, we’re feeling it here in this arena, but it’s spreading across this country we love. A familiar feeling that has been buried too deep for
Al Sharpton calls to ‘do a job on those that have done a job on us’ Rev. Al Sharpton, an anti-Semite who in 1991 incited a pogrom in Brooklyn, struck an upbeat tone during his primetime remarks Thursday at the Democratic National Convention. “Joy! Joy! Joy! Joy! Coming in the morning,” Sharpton shouted at the