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In American life, a growing and forbidding visual rises: the law-enforcement officer in a mask

In a matter of months, it has become a regular sight around the country — immigration enforcement agents detaining people and taking them into...

Is there any hope for the internet?

In 2001, social theorist bell hooks warned about the dangers of a loveless zeitgeist. In “All About Love: New Visions,” she lamented “the lack...

Flash floods like the one that swept down the Guadalupe River in Texas on July 4 can be highly unpredictable. While there are sophisticated flood...

World leaders, lawmakers and even one Native American tribe are deploying a novel strategy for remaining on good terms with Presidential Donald...

Building a new U.S. political party from scratch is a daunting task, even for the world's richest man. But that is what Elon Musk, the billionaire...