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Republican President-elect Donald Trump gestures alongside his wife, Melania, during his rally at the Palm Beach County Convention Center in West Palm Beach, Fla., Nov. 6, 2024, after being elected the 47th president of the United States. (OSV News photo/Brian Snyder, Reuters)
Politics & Society News Analysis
November 08, 2024
After Barack Obama’s victory in 2008, the Democrats have repeatedly failed to hold together the coalition that elected the country’s first Black president.
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Politics & Society News Analysis
October 16, 2024
It is clear that nearly half of the country sees the election in a completely different way than it is seen in heavily blue precincts.
President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden appear on stage before Mr. Biden delivers remarks on the 75th anniversary of NATO at the Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium on July 9, 2024, in Washington, D.C. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Politics & Society Short Take
July 10, 2024
Too many people opposing Mr. Trump have adopted an us-vs.-them mentality. Democrats must attempt to bridge the real divisions in the United States.
Former President Donald Trump and President Joe Biden participate in their first U.S. presidential campaign debate in Atlanta June 27, 2024. (OSV News photo/Brian Snyder, Reuters)
Politics & Society Short Take
June 28, 2024
Keeping President Biden on the ballot is like telling voters: “Trust us. Don’t believe your eyes and ears.”
Politics & Society Short Take
May 31, 2024
The reality is that voters don’t have to like Mr. Trump, or think he’s a martyr of our legal system, in order to vote for him.
Politics & Society Short Take
February 15, 2024
It is not democratic, with a small “d,” for major media outlets to simply ignore concerns shared by a wide majority of the electorate.
Arts & Culture Television
December 14, 2023
Television as a popular medium died 25 years ago. It’s time to mourn.
Politics & Society Short Take
November 13, 2023
Senator Joe Manchin, who announced last week he would not run for re-election, blocked efforts to fight climate change and child poverty. That doesn’t make him a ‘centrist.’
Politics & Society News Analysis
August 24, 2023
Trump skips ‘The Tonight Show Starring Donald Trump’
Activists gather at the Minnesota State Capitol in on Jan. 27, 2023, as the state Senate debates a bill to add a ‘right to abortion‘ to state law. Photo: OSV News photo/Dave Hrbacek, Catholic Spirit
Politics & Society Dispatches
June 29, 2023
Dobbs did not dictate abortion policy at any level, but in overturning Roe after nearly 50 years, the court ruling did restore the right of states to set their own abortion policies.