• Red states are better at saving the planet than blue states

    The juxtaposition between Georgia’s new nuclear plant and California’s imaginary high-speed rail shows the difference between GOP and Democratic approaches to the environment. Georgia has completed the second of two nuclear reactors, the first two new nuclear reactors built in the United States since 1996. On the downside, the plant came in over budget and […]

  • State responses to student protests fall along red vs. blue lines

    Pro-Palestinian protesters on college campuses are getting very different responses from elected officials in red and blue states. Texas is seeing pushback after immediately responding to a peaceful demonstration with arrests, and Florida's Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) has threatened expulsion for students who engage in unsanctioned activism, while New York has made clear the National []

  • State responses to student protests fall along red vs. blue lines

    Pro-Palestinian protesters on college campuses are getting very different responses from elected officials in red and blue states. Texas is seeing pushback after immediately responding to a peaceful demonstration with arrests, and Florida's Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) has threatened expulsion for students who engage in unsanctioned activism, while New York has made clear the National

  • Billy Idol, 68, lights the Empire State Building red and blue in honor of the 40th anniversary of Rebel Yell

    The three-time Grammy nominee's two-disc reissued 'expanded edition' of the record features 13 bonus tracks including the never-before-released track Best Way Out of Here

  • Blue State Blues: Democrats Should Skip Chicago, Hold Zoom Convention Again

    The Democratic Party should cancel its national convention in Chicago in August and hold its meeting via Zoom, as it did during the 2020 campaign and the coronavirus pandemic -- for the sake of the city, and for the country as well.

  • The State Of World Press Freedom

    The State Of World Press Freedom The 2024 World Press Freedom Index, compiled by Reporters Without Borders (RSF), was released today. This year, the agency highlights a “worrying decline in support and respect for media autonomy and an increase in pressure from the state or other political actors.” This is based on the fact that, of the five indicators used to compile the ranking, it is the political indicator that has fallen most, with a global average decline of 7.6 points. Out...

  • Cartoon: Abortion in red states

    A cartoon by Mike Luckovich.

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    Will abortion turn Florida from red to blue?

    Florida Democrats have seized on the state’s six-week abortion ban going into effect.

  • Will abortion turn Florida from red to blue?

    Democrats are hoping the fight for reproductive rights can turn Florida from red to blue in the fall. Once a quintessential swing state, Florida has shifted right in the Trump era, with the politics of the former president and Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis defining it. Democrats think that may change as those policies go too far for voters, and they point, in

  • Biden Sent HOW MANY Migrants to THIS Red State?!

    According to a new report, internal DHS data has revealed that the Biden administration has flown hundreds of thousands of “inadmissible” migrants into U.S. cities — and the top 15 cities are eye-opening. The controversial CHNV mass-parole program has used American tax dollars to send migrants who have claimed refugee status all over the country, but the state with the most migrants is, of course, the red state of Florida. “We’re just flying these people, without knowing who they really...

  • [OPINION] Badoy's red-tagging and freedom of expression

    Lorraine Badoy’s exercise of her right to have an opinion gravely overstepped the bounds of what is allowable. She called for violence against Judge Magdoza-Malagar and family.

  • Person fatally falls from stands during Ohio State graduation

    A person died after having fallen from spectator stands to the ground level during Ohio State University's graduation ceremony Sunday in Columbus, school leaders said. The incident was under investigation. The identity of the deceased was unavailable. The ceremony at Ohio Stadium featured entrepreneur Christopher Pan as the spring commencement speaker. A school spokesperson told NBC affiliate WCMH of Columbus the death did not affect the day's schedule of events from noon to roughly 3 p.m. The...