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The pandemic resurgence is affecting optimism in the nation. Writing for ABC News, Quinn Scanlan highlights how now 55% of the public say they are pessimistic about the direction of the country, a change from the 36% that said the same in an ABC News/Ipsos poll published May 2. In...
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Terry v. Ohio (1968) is one of the landmark Supreme Court cases featured in the KTB Prep American Government and Civics series designed to acquaint users with the origins, concepts, organizations, and policies of the United States government and political system. The goal is greater familiarization with the rights and...
Journalist German Lopez writes: The US is unique in two key — and related — ways when it comes to guns: It has way more gun deaths than other developed nations, and it has far more guns than any other country in the world. People are attributing our gun...
I recently had an opportunity to participate in an Oxford style debate with some white nationalists and white supremacists. The resolution was in question form (no affirmative or negative, just an open question): “How should Western societies deal with race and racial inequality in the 21st century?” The general...
What is it that you think you know about yourself? I would classify myself as a libertarian-leaning liberal. I believe in tolerance for different people and different lifestyles, and don’t believe that my standards of morality or safety should be enforced by government. While I believe in personal responsibility...
It’s a silly question on its face right? It’s obviously when a black person commits a crime against another black person. But why do we talk about it as opposed to other races committing crimes versus their own race or even blacks committing crimes against other races? Racism? Media Distortion?...
Promise of True Detective It says it all in its title. True Detective didn’t do anything other than tell the interesting and provocative story of two detectives in pursuit of a monster. Along the way these detectives shared their different viewpoints on life, had difficulties in their personal...