Broken promises: Afghan women abandoned but defiant a year after US withdrawal
Getty Images Fatima says the Taliban have been hunting her since the U.S. withdrew from the country a year ago. Speaking from an undisclosed location in the northern Afghan city of Mazar-i-Sharif, the former translator who worked with a U.S-headquartered relief organization said she is now in hiding, fe
Read MoreReligion in the public square
Conservative defenders of religious liberty are pushing a new version of an old argument: Liberals and secularists, they contend, will not protect religious liberty in the public square. What this means, conservatives argue, is that the secular left is only willing to tolerate religious practice in private locations, such as one’s home or house of worship. But If religious believers leave those cloistered environments, they will find that the special protection religious liberty receives does not follow them. It only remains in force behind closed doors. Thus, as Supreme Court Justice Samue
Read MorePhoto shows Pennsylvania gubernatorial candidate Mastriano wearing Confederate uniform
Doug Mastriano, the Republican nominee for governor of Pennsylvania and a state senator, appeared in a faculty picture at the Army War College dressed in a Confederate soldier’s uniform, according to a copy of the photo obtained by Reuters. Reuters first obtained a copy of the photo from the War College, which is located in the borough of Carlisle, Pa., following a Freedom of Information Act request. The news outlet reported that the photo is of
Read MoreWhat did not happen with the release of the Mar-a-Lago affidavit?
With Friday’s release of the redacted affidavit from the FBI’s search of Mar-a-Lago, the largest Rorschach test in history seemed to play out on cable television. Instead of ink blots, pundits and politicians stared at pages of solid black lines and offered strikingly different "ah-ha" observations. For former Mueller top aide Andrew Weissmann, the affidavit meant one thing — that "the former president is going to be prosecuted."
Read MoreReconciliation can be a game changer for pro-worker policies
The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) does many valuable things: It reduces prescription drug prices, combats climate change and makes corporations pay a minimum tax. One of the more consequential and lasting impacts of the new law, however, could be that it highlights how Congress can move forward with pro-worker legislation. Until the Senate
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