The controversy over Indiana’s religious-freedom law highlights the most fundamental divisions that now define American politics. For all the recent talk that foreign policy or income inequality will dominate the 2016 campaign, the firestorm over Indiana is a reminder of the underlying power of values and social issues to shape […] Read more »
Americans split over whether businesses must serve same-sex couples
A new Indiana religious freedom law has sparked national debate since Gov. Mike Pence signed it last week. While its supporters say it strengthens protection of religious liberty, critics have argued that it could provide legal cover for businesses to discriminate, such as a florist or caterer who may not […] Read more »
Americans’ growing support for free speech doesn’t include racist speech
Americans tend to pick and choose who should be afforded civil liberties to some degree, a centuries-old issue that has flared up once again after a video of racist chants by University of Oklahoma fraternity brothers went viral. … Americans have become more supportive of free speech for a variety […] Read more »
Hate Takes the Bus
… A 2010 Pew report found that “almost all millennials accept interracial dating and marriage.” An MTV poll of millennials found that “84 percent say their family taught them that everyone should be treated the same, no matter what their race,” and that 89 percent “do believe that everyone should […] Read more »
Democrats See The Media As Biased Against Clinton
We’re now into Week 2 of the Hillary Clinton email saga, but if Martin O’Malley and his aides are huddled in Maryland somewhere hoping this hurts Clinton in 2016, all I can say is, “Don’t hold your breath.” … While some might scoff at the “Clinton Media Persecution Complex,” Democratic […] Read more »
Under Obama, 4 in 10 say race relations worsened
Four in 10 Americans say race relations in the United States have gotten worse under the nation’s first black president, according to a new CNN/ORC poll. And 50 years after the Bloody Sunday march marked a turning point in the civil rights movement, many still see discrimination in the nation’s […] Read more »