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Charlie Kirk and Turning Point USA are building a reactionary cult for young people, does anyone on the center-left care?
By Matthew Sheffield
Rhetoric professor Matthew Boedy describes how a far-right group is radicalizing young Christians, and how little center-left groups are doing in response
Media elites have missed the damage caused by free trade, and how millions felt betrayed by Democrats
By Matthew Sheffield
Journalist Farah Stockman discusses her new book on the meaning of work, and how educated elites have ignored the problems of others
The John Birch Society and the birth of the far-right rage machine
By Matthew Sheffield
American politics is arguably the product of Robert Welch, a far-right activist who was mostly ignored by conventional journalists and historians
America’s polarization is ultimately an epistemic problem
By Matthew Sheffield
Former libertarian writer and policy wonk Will Wilkinson discusses how many far-right Christians and secular libertarians have decided that facts are optional and evidence does not matter
Technology alone cannot solve the problems of social media
By Matthew Sheffield
David Adams, founder and publisher of OSNews, discusses the cyclical nature of technology and the implications of computing’s return to the network
How the ‘Steele Dossier’ confused the public and ended up helping Donald Trump
By Matthew Sheffield
Journalist and author Barry Meier discusses how private spy agencies manipulate the media and intimidate whistleblowers for wealthy clients
The disinformation economy isn’t invincible, meet two women working to end it
By Matthew Sheffield
Nandini Jammi and Claire Atkin of Check My Ads want to make publishing lies unprofitable, while also helping advertisers protect their brands
Trump supporters will make it difficult for the GOP to copy Glenn Youngkin
By Matthew Sheffield
Never Trump commentator Jim Swift on why Trump and his fans won’t allow the Virginia gubernatorial candidate’s strategy to be copied
White nationalists and jihadists are starting to realize they have a lot in common
By Matthew Sheffield
Extremism researcher Moustafa Ayad talks about how religious extremists from across the world are starting to come together, and what that means for the rest of us
Far-right Christians think they’re living in a Bible story, and that you are as well
By Matthew Sheffield
Literature professor Christopher Douglas discusses the modern-day rewriting of Biblical apocalyptic literature as a justification for political extremism