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Labour must put a political offer on the table for young people to prevent a genuine political shift to the right.

NPR's Juana Summers speaks with Honoree Fanonne Jeffers about her new book Misbehaving at the Crossroads: Essays & Writings.

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The Supreme Court ruling on LGBTQ lesson opt-outs has sparked national debate over inclusion, parental rights and classroom impact.

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President Trump’s decision to bomb Iran may not be shaped just by politics. It may also be influenced by a controversial set ...

Zohran Mamdani’s parents, a filmmaker and a professor, gave him the foundation for his run for mayor of New York. But their ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s affiliation with the Communion of Reformed Evangelical Churches drew attention again with a Pentagon prayer led by Hegseth and his pastor, Brooks Potteiger, in which ...

The erosion of civility was among topics broached by school board members this week. Some also took the opportunity to decry ...

Excitement around the New York City candidate has creators everywhere rethinking their relationship to politics.