Laurel Duggan

The migration of Americans into California hit a historic low in 2023, according to new census data. California ranked last in the US for the inflow of Americans from other states in proportion to its population last year, with 422,000 people moving there from other states. As the most populous state, California has 38.5 million [...]Read More...

On Tuesday evening, Florida became the first state to reject a ballot measure expanding abortion access since Roe v. Wade was overturned, the latest sign of the state's Rightward drift.

Towards the end of the US presidential election campaign, Republicans seemed resigned to losing white female voters in exchange for non-white

Kamala Harris's defeat this week presents a fork in the road for Democrats, who must now choose whether to embrace economic populism and moderate on social issues, or double down on their neoliberal strategy.

Donald Trump's victory this week demonstrates that classical liberalism is on the decline, according to international relations scholar Francis Fukuyama.

Liberal legacy media outlets are attempting to pivot to the political centre amid declining public trust, shrinking audiences, and tightening margins.

The US is currently years behind its Western peers in restricting youth gender transitions, as the UK, Sweden, Norway and others limit access to hormones and surgeries for minors. But changing political winds, along with a pending Supreme Court case, could bring about a sea change over the coming year. A federal court determined on [...]Read More...

Millions of social media users have migrated from X to alternative platform Bluesky this year, resulting in an online subculture defined in opposition to Elon Musk's platform.

Seed oils have become a new front in the culture wars, with the Right and Left staking out new positions over the controversial food substance.

The UK is moving towards a fractured, two-tier news media environment, according to a new report from the House of Lords. Mainstream news is in decline, particularly local journalism, the report suggests, amid economic pressures and low public trust. While many will continue to be well served by both traditional and new media, others are [...]Read More...