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Democrats' internal struggle between its left and moderate wings.

The Democrats’ Coming Civil War

March 8, 2025/in Politics

At a time when the world press is obsessed with US president Donald Trump and his often imbecilic machinations, perhaps a more consequential struggle is taking place on the other […]

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Community protest against teaching critical race theory (CRT) in schools.

California Now at the Heart of the Battle Against Woke Anti-Semitism

March 6, 2025/in Urban Affairs

When affirmative action, the predecessor of DEI, was first implemented in the early 1970s, the goal was to address cruel centuries of oppression of African Americans. It was widely supported […]

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Jewish population, percentage by U.S. state

Jewish Geography Points South

March 4, 2025/in Demographics, Religion

You venture to call Ferdinand a wise ruler, he who has impoverished his own country and enriched mine!” The Ottoman sultan Bayezid II is said to have made this disparaging […]

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High-rise developments like the 74-story Waterline Tower are transforming Austin away from it's "weird" history and soul-filled clubs, into a metro mostly for affluent tech bros.

Tech Bros Have Stolen Austin’s Soul

March 1, 2025/in Urban Affairs

Landmark developments such as the 74-story Waterline Apartments are transforming Austin from a place of lively bars and soul-filled clubs into a metro for affluent tech workers.

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Elon Musk wields a figurative chainsaw at DOGE; here he is shown wielding a literal chainsaw on stage.

DOGE is Waging a Class War on America’s New Clerisy

February 27, 2025/in Politics

The ever-mounting hysteria over Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) seems to largely be coming from that large sector of Americans who work for

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What kind of border policy should become immigration the American way?

Immigration the American Way

February 21, 2025/in Demographics, Politics

Americans’ opposition to immigration has stiffened across the board, but we still need to consider what kind of immigration policy we should adopt.

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California's housing disaster won't be solved with only additional density.

California’s Housing Problems Require a Better Solution than Densify, Densify, Densify

February 19, 2025/in California, Urban Affairs

The Palisades and Eaton fires represent thousands of personal tragedies, but they also constitute a collective disaster, adding new housing shortages to California’s already massive shortfall

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Jewish wedding

Why Jews Are Fleeing the West

February 14, 2025/in Urban Affairs

Jewish history has long been defined by migratory movements away from trouble and towards safer places. Over the past half millennia, the safest harbours for ‘the world’s foster children’, as […]

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Daniel Lurie, San Francisco MayorThomas Hawk, used under CC 2.0 License

The Democratic Bourgeoisie is Fighting to Take the Party Back from the Left

February 12, 2025/in California, Politics

Once strong backers of progressives, the Democratic bourgeoisie – aghast at urban decay – have decided to try to save their cities.

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Canada PM Justin Trudeau meets with U.S. President Donald Trump during 2017.White House Archives, Public Domain

America First Can’t Be America Alone

February 7, 2025/in Politics, Urban Affairs

What his fans call Donald Trump’s drive for “muscular pax Americana” is not exactly warming hearts around the world. Will America first end up with America alone?

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