Commentary

Emma Lazarus’s “New Colossus” lifts a lamp for immigrants. Thomas Bailey Aldrich’s “Unguarded Gates” beseeches a “white Goddess” for salvation.

LGBTQ people, women, Kurds, Afghans, and all the people who have been persecuted by the regime have now found solidarity under the slogan, “Woman, Life, Freedom.”

More than 60 percent of Republicans would declare the U.S. a Christian nation, another sign that the GOP is drifting further toward an embrace of theocracy.

Sinema has achieved political harmonic convergence by uniting every group against her. Not even Donald Trump can say that.

Given the hand that they’ve been dealt, Democrats don’t have much choice but to hope that the gamble they’re making now will pay off after the midterm election.

This is a fearlessly camp and fearlessly queer movie.

Any claim of a supposed ‘separation of Church and state’ is nothing more than a fraudulent platitude in the service of Christian nationalism.

The gay billionaire praised the man who gave us “Don’t Say Gay,” attacked Disney, and has a press secretary who calls LGBTQ people “groomers.”

GOP support for the Respect for Marriage Act is eroding even as Sen. Chuck Schumer schedules a vote.

Youngkin says he cares about “parents’ rights,” but not the rights of parents with transgender and marginalized children.

After spending millions getting them nominated, Thiel doesn’t want to invest any more money in their campaigns.

Her marginalized intersectional identities in America -race, class, gender, and sexuality- have highlighted the reason why she’s over there in the first place.

The state’s capital city is without water for the foreseeable future because the state’s Republicans were too busy fighting the culture wars.

Joe Biden blasted the so-called “Make America Great Again” philosophy arguing that it is “like semi-fascism.” But is it?

Everybody’s got something to hate about Lindsey Graham. And he’s right where he wants to be.

53% of Republicans and 39% of Democrats believe that the U.S. is headed toward another civil war.

Republicans believe that schools are where children should be taught how to become Republicans, if they are taught anything at all.

The day of the educator begins far before they arrive at school and extends long after the final bell.

Lousy candidates, money problems, and an unpopular Supreme Court decision have made this year’s midterm elections an unexpected chance to save LGBTQ rights.

Money talks in politics, and it sounds pretty old.