The Biden administration has announced a diplomatic boycott of the upcoming 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics. White House press secretary Jen Psaki told reporters Monday that the administration “will not send any diplomatic or official representation” to the Winter Games because of China’s “ongoing genocide and crimes against humanity in Xinjiang and other human rights abuses.” […]
A new report calls the rejection of the 2020 election results by many in the Republican Party as an “historic turning point” for the United States. For the first time in its four years of compiling annual data on the state of democracy around the world, an international think tank added the United States to its […]
“Now is the time for leaders in all walks of life—for citizens of all political backgrounds and persuasions—to come to the aid of the republic.” Warning that the Republican Party—which “remains under the sway” of former President Donald Trump—poses a “serious danger” to U.S. democracy, a group of writers, academics, and political activists spanning the ideological […]
The ouster of Republican Liz Cheney from her leadership position in the House of Representatives could provide fertile ground for the emergence of an alternate party, according to political scientist Bernard Tamas. “I would say that the time is basically ripe for a third-party challenge, and, largely, the reason is because of the level of polarization in American politics, especially […]