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Far-right Republicans now admitting Project 2025 is real
The guardrails of democracy may have buckled, but they’re not broken—yet. In the days since former President Donald Trump’s reelection, high-profile allies of the…
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These are the world’s safest countries for LGBT people right now
As LGBTQ+ people in the US wake up to the bleak inevitability of another Trump presidency, many are taking to Google to search for LGBTQ+ safe countries to move to…
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In a last-minute op-ed, conservative pastor backs Harris
It is a commonly held belief in many circles that evangelical Christians — to say nothing of evangelical pastors like me — should vote Republican. The GOP…
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5 tips to relieve Election Day anxiety and stay calm
There is a kind of collective national anxiety as any presidential election approaches. That has never been truer than with the 2024 race. It’s contentious…
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Good news for men looking to prevent prostate cancer
Orgasms are pretty great, but for men it turns out ejaculating very regularly could also significantly reduce the risk of prostate cancer…
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The Heritage Foundation’s big impact on US politics
Gallons of digital ink have been spilled in the past year about Project 2025, the sprawling far-right policy document that promises to gut LGBTQ+ rights, abolish the…
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Church fires longtime music director over same-sex marriage
The longtime music director at a northern Michigan church said he was fired just a few months before retirement after officials learned that he was in a…