To pinpoint the birth of the cancel culture era one has to go back to shortly before Halloween 2015. A group of Yale deans had sent an email urging students to avoid insensitive costume choices. Three days later, Erika Christakis, … Continued
Democrats are about to find out how worried they need to be about Black voter support. After a lot of hand-wringing in recent years, elections next month in Mississippi and Virginia — two Southern states with large Black populations — … Continued
NEW YORK — A Cornell University professor called the Hamas attacks “exhilarating” and “energizing.” A Yale professor dubbed Israel a “murderous, genocidal settler state.” Meanwhile, top donors at the University of Pennsylvania — including former U.S. Ambassador Jon Huntsman Jr. … Continued
In March, U.S. climate envoy John Kerry co-hosted an exclusive dinner in D.C. for a top figure in the upcoming United Nations climate talks. Administration officials, the heads of leading environmental organizations, business representatives and select journalists were among those … Continued
ATLANTIC, Iowa — On a crisp evening in a small town not far from Iowa’s southwestern border, Mike Pence’s decades-long quest for the White House has come down to a coin toss. Here he is, the most recent former GOP … Continued
The historic Justus Ramsey House may have found a new home in St. Paul. The small limestone residence, erected for the brother of territorial governor Alexander Ramsey, had stood for roughly 170 years off Walnut Street, at what is now … Continued