Revoking the Rights Revolution: Unveiling the Unraveling of Red States

The battle over red-state efforts to roll back civil rights and liberties has mainly shifted to the courts. Since 2021, Republican-controlled states have enacted numerous laws that restrict voting rights, penalize public protests, impose restrictions on transgender youth, ban books, and limit discussions on race, gender, and sexual orientation by teachers, professors, and employers. Some …

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Merit Holds Greater Value Than Grades and Tests

William A. Galston is a distinguished writer who contributes the Politics & Ideas column to the esteemed Wall Street Journal. Within the dynamic Brookings Institution, he holds the esteemed Ezra K. Zilkha Chair in the Governance Studies Program and serves as a senior fellow. In his illustrious career, Galston has achieved numerous accomplishments. Prior to …

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Government Agencies Use Taxpayer Funds to Purchase Public Services

Federal agencies are covertly amassing extensive amounts of data that could potentially be exploited for purposes such as blackmail, stalking, harassment, and public shaming of American citizens. This claim is not coming from an extremist civil liberties activist, but rather a new report commissioned by the country’s top intelligence official, Avril Haines. While the Fourth …

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