Childcare is now higher than mortgages, and there is no paid maternity leave. Only panic, alarms, and fading voices are there, sitting with women after giving birth. For a lot of women, the current national conversation about the declining birthrate feels so incredibly disconnected from reality.  All across the world, fertility rates are falling, and populations are projected to shrink. Republicans have made the claim for decades now that feminism has led women to abandon marriage and family, lowering the birth rate, making it harder for men to find wives and damaging our overall social fabric. However, countries like Iran…

U.S. Senate Democrats are investigating whether the Federal Communications Commission and Paramount prevented Stephen Colbert from broadcasting an interview with the Texas Democratic candidate, James Talarico. Talarico, a state representative from Austin, is going up against the U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett of Dallas in the primary election, with early voting starting Tuesday, Feb. 24th. The winner will face the winner of the Republican primary in the November midterm election. The decision to cancel this airing came hours before early voting opened on Tuesday in Texas for the primary elections. Colbert commented on this episode in a subsequent segment: “He was…

The difference in responses to the Epstein files is striking. In the UK, individuals are losing their jobs, titles, and status over their connections to Epstein, while in the US, the consequences seem minimal. For example, former Prince Andrew was stripped of his royal titles and forced to move out of the royal estate due to claims that he had sex with underage girls during visits with Epstein, a claim he denies. In light of the released files, British police are now investigating the prince for potentially sharing confidential information with Epstein in 2010. Looking at the American side, a…

It’s revealing when even events like the Super Bowl halftime show become a source of political controversy. This issue emerged in October 2025, following conservative backlash over the NFL’s decision to feature the Spanish singer Bad Bunny as the Super Bowl halftime performer. Despite criticism from Trump and various Republican figures labeling the Puerto Rican superstar as a “massive Donald Trump hater,” an “anti-ICE activist,” and condemning him for having “no songs in English,” the NFL has confirmed that it will not replace Bad Bunny, regardless of the President’s objections. These criticisms raise deeper questions about language, culture, and who…

The aftermath of the shooting of Renee Nicole Good and Alex Jeffrey Pretti has caused a widespread conversation on abolishing Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). According to a new YouGov poll taken on Jan. 24, 22 percent of Republicans and 55 percent of American adults across the political spectrum voiced support for abolishing ICE. This is a striking difference from another YouGov poll conducted in June 2025. During that time, only nine percent of Republicans and 27 percent of Americans believed ICE was too harsh. This means that the Trump administration’s tactics and their account of events that took place…

David Courvelle, a former detention officer at the South Louisiana ICE Processing Center in Basile pleaded guilty on Monday Dec. 29 in a federal court to one count of sexual abuse of an individual in federal custody. The charge of a single count of sexual abuse carries a maximum prison sentence of 15 years and a fine of up to $250,000.  The abuse started months before, where Courvelle was assigned with supervising and disciplining detainees. The detainee, who is a Nicaraguan woman, was held in the facility over their immigration status. Court documents explain that Courvelle started a relationship with…

On Jan. 7 a woman–later identified as 37-year-old American citizen Renee Good– was shot by a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer (ICE) in Minneapolis. The video taken by bystanders of the incident shows an officer approaching Good’s car stopped in the middle of the road. The agent shouts and demands that the driver (Good) open the door. The car begins to pull away and a different ICE officer, later identified as Johnathan Ross, seen standing in front of the vehicle pulls out his weapon and fires three shots into the vehicle at close range. Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey says…

A ‘60 Minutes’ story was officially pulled from air just hours before it was set to air. The episode promised to explore allegations of abuse and torture of deportees sent by the Trump administration to the Terrorism Confinement Center (CECOT), a highly controversial detention center located in El Salvador. The episode highlights exclusive interviews of people deported from the U.S. to CECOT. The report was written by CBS journalist and ‘60 Minutes’ correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi. The episode described and showed conditions that prisoners were living in. Suddenly, just hours before it was set to air, CBS pulled it from television.…