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We’re all exhausted. Progressives can offer an antidote. Here’s how | Heather MacDonald
Progressives need to balance factual accuracy with emotional honesty to win the debate.
Pa. is wrong to fund crisis pregnancy centers. There are 7.2M reasons why | Heather MacDonald
The funding is a smack in the face to Pennsylvania’s women.
What we say — and what we mean — when we talk about Fetterman’s hoodie | Heather MacDonald
The intersection of fashion, decorum, wealth, and respectability politics is rich with examples of manufactured controversy.
What book bans and the Hollywood writers strike have in common | Heather MacDonald
If all else fails, I have to imagine it would be easier to replace studio execs with ChatGPT than the writers.
What the War on Woke tells us about the GOP’s power play for 2024 | Heather MacDonald
The power of the modern conservative movement is enhanced by weaponizing incompetence.
Will Fox learn its lesson from $787M Dominion settlement? | Heather MacDonald
Last week, Fox News and Dominion Voting Systems avoided going to trial over defamation charges by agreeing to a settlement of an eye-popping $787 million. Many in the public felt that while the massive monetary windfall was nice, the delicious schadenfreude from a trial would have been priceless. A sizable portion of the nation felt […]
With expulsion of Tennessee Black lawmakers, Republicans lost GenZ. Here’s how | Heather MacDonald
History will celebrate the good not the evil, the response not the accusation, the comeback not the dismissal.
In its haste to ban TikTok, Congress is embarrassing itself — again | Heather MacDonald
Congress' efforts to protect teenagers read like efforts by people who have never met an actual teenager.
Boebert’s remarks about rural teen pregnancies dodge a deeper truth | Heather MacDonald
Teen parents are at increased risk for poverty, hunger, domestic violence, and depression.
What 2022’s housing trends say about us and where we’re headed | Heather MacDonald
Where we live has always been about more than just the housing market.
Experience is education. Pa. is right to recognize it and elevate it | Heather MacDonald
Intelligence, competency, and merit are free to those who earn them. They don't have to come from books or GPAs.