Pope Leo XIV: An American Pontiff at the Crossroads of Faith and a Fractured World

Pope Leo XIV: An American Pontiff at the Crossroads of Faith and a Fractured World

By Anne Esther Gittens |Editorial credit: INFOWeather1, Own work, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=164960939 The election in May 2025 of Cardinal Robert Francis Provost as Pope Leo XIV marks a watershed moment in the two-millennia history of the Catholic Church, ushering in its first American pontiff. This development, long considered improbable due to the geopolitical […]

How Liberals Lost Comedy − and Helped Trump Win

How Liberals Lost Comedy − and Helped Trump Win

By Nick Marx, THECONVERSATION | Editorial credit: Artist Nadia Russ / shutterstock.com Throughout the 2024 election cycle, reproductive rights were an electoral vulnerability for Donald Trump. Though popular with the Republican base, his appointment of antiabortion judges gave serious pause to many key voting blocs, including undecided young men. In pursuit of these voters, Trump’s strategy […]

New Polling Shows Strong Support for Harris Among Younger Voters of Color

New Polling Shows Strong Support for Harris Among Younger Voters of Color

By: Peter Schurmann, Ethnicmediaservices.org | Editorial credit: shutterstock.com A pair of voter surveys released this week offer some encouraging news for the Harris camp just two weeks out from the November 5 election. Both polls show strong support for the Democratic candidate among voters of color in key swing states. With Harris and Trump locked […]