In June 2025, the Republican-controlled state legislature of Texas, acting on requests from the Trump administration, began an effort to redraw the congressional map that it had enacted a few years back to elect members to the House of Representatives. The proposed map currently circulating through the legislature would hypothetically pick up five extra seats…

Conservatism in America has come out as one of the dominant political ideologies defining our current modern political system. The present-day American conservative tends to be socially conservative, opposing hot-button cultural issues such as abortion, some LGBT rights, and euthanasia. They tend to be pro-business and pro-capitalism, and oppose expanded worker rights and communism. The…

“Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free.” – Emma Lazarus. Those famous words are etched on a bronze plaque inside the pedestal of the Statue of Liberty. Many decades ago, when immigrants from Europe sailed into New York Harbor, they stood in awe at the sight of Lady Liberty,…