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Elon Musk, left, shakes hands with President Donald Trump at the finals for the NCAA wrestling championship in March 2025 in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

MAGA’s ‘war on empathy’ might not be original, but it is dangerous

MAGA’s distaste for empathy is less a well-meaning critique than an all-out war as figures like Elon Musk and Jordan Peterson incorrectly — and dangerously — dismiss it as weakness.
A Canadian supporter of Donald Trump waves an American flag from an overpass in Montréal in November 2020, two days after the presidential election that Joe Biden ultimately won. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz

Why some Canadians are in denial about Donald Trump

Who are the 10 per cent of Canadians who support Trump and his annexation threats? They are likely people afflicted with cognitive biases that prevent them from accurately assessing risk.
Mark Carney arrives to Rideau Hall before being sworn in as prime minister in Ottawa on March 14, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld

America’s democratic decline has critical lessons for Canadian voters

Democracy is fragile. As a federal election approaches in Canada, it’s important to know the warning signs of extremism and anti-democratic practices that are now routine in the U.S.
A pedestrian walks past the Lyndon Baines Johnson Department of Education Building on Feb. 3, 2025, in Washington. Pete Kiehart for The Washington Post via Getty Images

Trump orders a plan to close Education Department – an anthropologist who studies MAGA explains 4 reasons why Trump and his supporters want to eliminate it

A desire to fight ‘wokeness’ and reduce government spending are among the reasons that Trump and his supporters want to close the Education Department.
President-elect Donald Trump listens to Elon Musk as he arrives to watch SpaceX’s mega rocket Starship lift off for a test flight from Starbase in Boca Chica, Texas, in November 2024. (Brandon Bell/Pool via AP)

Billionaires and loyalists will provide Trump with muscle during his second term

In 2016, some wondered if Donald Trump’s first-term cabinet picks would temper his worst impulses. Such questions seem laughably naive today.
What can be done to lessen political polarization in the U.S.? A few nonprofit organizations are trying to amplify their methods to tone town the temperature. Rob Dobi/Getty Images

3 strategies to help Americans bridge the deepening partisan divide

People acknowledging and inspecting their own political biases is one way that they can begin to reduce polarization.
Donald Trump arrives on stage to declare victory in the 2024 presidential election in West Palm Beach, Fla. on Nov. 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

What does Donald Trump’s win mean for his brand of populist authoritarianism?

With his new mandate, Donald Trump has a green light to implement most, if not all, of his most extreme policies, from tariffs to cementing an absolutist approach to presidential power.

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