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May 10, 2021
Alex Shephard
Thanks to a Horse, the Cancel Culture Debate Just Got Even Dumber
How Medina Spirit’s positive drug test before the Preakness drew the ire of Donald Trump and Fox News
May 5, 2021
Osita Nwanevu
The Republican Party Will Always Choose Culture Wars Over Working-Class Policy
Josh Hawley and J.D. Vance are pushing a tax credit for parents. They’re being drowned out by the party’s infighting and regressive legislation against protesters and trans people.
April 9, 2021
Alex Pareene
The Case for More Canceling
As long as conservatives are obsessed with Dr. Seuss and “woke capital,” they’ll be too distracted to wage genuinely harmful culture wars.
March 23, 2021
Matt Ford
Biden Was Half-Right About His Power Over Republicans
The GOP has shown no interest in bipartisanship, but it’s also not landing any political or culture-war punches.
March 12, 2021
Casey Michel
An Honest History of Texas Begins and Ends With White Supremacy
One Texas Republican state House member wants to create a “patriotic” education project to celebrate the Lone Star State—and whitewash its ugly past.
March 8, 2021
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Jacob Bacharach
The Gen X Culture Warriors Who Never Grew Up
How the 1990s created a group of thinkers obsessed with cancel culture
September 17, 2020
Osita Nwanevu
The Cultural Permanence of Donald Trump
Trumpism has become America’s latest civic religion, and it won’t be voted out of office in November.
August 13, 2019
Alex Shephard
Right Wing Attacks on
The Hunt
Are a Bad Faith Distraction
At a moment when the president's racist rhetoric is motivating mass violence, Fox and all its friends saw a chance to stoke the culture wars.
November 6, 2018
Emily Atkin
Is a Liberal Takeover Afoot in Colorado?
The oil and gas industry says conservatives might flee the state if an anti-fracking ballot initiative passes on Tuesday.
February 24, 2016
Elizabeth Bruenig
How Ted Cruz Lost the Evangelical Vote
And how it could spell disaster for his campaign on Super Tuesday.
January 26, 2016
Elizabeth Bruenig
Is Donald Trump Sparking a Conservative Culture War?
While many evangelical voters revel in his anti-PC rhetoric, some religious-right stalwarts think Trump is imperiling the soul of America.
October 14, 2015
Elspeth Reeve
Jim Webb Is the Ghost of Democrats’ Recent Past—Especially Hillary's
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