WHAT BINDS US? WHAT DO WE ALL HAVE IN common anymore? Justice Clarence Thomas asked in a rare media interview aired on Fox News in 2017. We always talk about E Pluribus Unum, Thomas said, referring to the traditional motto of the United States which translates as out of many, one. We need more unum. We have the pluribus.
The media headlines of the past year suggest that things have gotten a lot worse since 2017-and both Thomas and Fox played a part in the divisiveness. But if you look beyond the headlines, including those on Newsweek, a different picture emerges. Even in what feels like an angry, factionalized society, there are signs of unity.
Take the Supreme Court, a lightning rod in America's cultural and political storms. The highest court was less divided and less divisive in its 2022-23 term. (To be fair, not much could be as divisive as the Court's decision, in the previous term, to overturn Roe v. Wade.) The nine justices were unanimous in nearly half of their decisions, more than double the proportion of the previous term. Liberals and conservatives voted together on most decisions that were not unanimous, including half of the 12 that were decided 6-3, a vote that could reflect the Court's partisan split.
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Falling for Romance
A new book, Nora Ephron at the Movies, celebrates the writer/director best known for her iconic rom-coms and strong female characters
Cracking the Norse Code
Walrus DNA has shown that Vikings were likely the first to have encountered Indigenous North Americans
Monumental Shift
The discovery of 165-million-year-old crystals Easter Island has upended the longheld notion of how the Earth's \"conveyor belt\" moves
'OUR FOREIGN POLICY AND DOMESTIC REFORMS ARE TWO SIDES OF THE SAME COIN'
It is a well-known fact across the globe that the North Korean regime is irrational and unpredictable, but we have been consistent in strengthening our defense posture against the threat from North Korea since the Korean War, and I believe that their conventional capability is much inferior to that of the Korean military.
'They Read My Eulogy As I Lay in an Open Grave'
Like Paris Hilton, Natasia Pelowski claims she was subjected to abuse at a teenage therapy program
Russian Economy Faces 'Burnout'
Vladimir Putin admits difficulties” as the country’s key interest rate reaches a historic high
China's 'Silent Chemical War'
The U.S. must investigate Beijing's role in the manufacturing of fentanyl that is killing Americans, says one mom whose daughter died after accidentally taking the illicit substance
HARSH HEADWINDS
President Yoon Suk Yeol's BATTLE to reform a South Korea beset with structural problems under the specter of an increasingly aggressive neighbor to THE NORTH
Bridget Everett
BRIDGET EVERETT NEVER THOUGHT SHE'D BE THE LEAD OF A TV SHOW. \"I come from the downtown world in New York, a cabaret singer, and these things just don't happen, you don't find yourself with three seasons of HBO.
Amber Ruffin
A LATE-NIGHT COMEDY SHOW ON CNN? YES, and it's a game show, too.
