The backlash comes with its own popular history of identity politics’ origins. A recent version of this popular history is articulated by Yascha Mounk in his new book, The Identity Trap.In a ...

Identity politics is the rejection of this idea. In the United States, it is common to associate identity politics with left-wing causes, especially the pursuit of “social justice.” ...

Instead, the left in recent years has had trouble going beyond what has come to be called “identity politics”—a politics that is rooted more in group self-assertion than in attempts to create broad ...

Progressives and their “identity politics” cannot understand, let alone act upon, the beautiful vision of our common humanity--our common origin and common destiny in God.

In the post-mortem of this recent presidential election, a common critique is emerging: Democrats’ reliance on identity politics has missed the mark, failing to resonate with a broad spectrum of ...

A nonprofit affiliated with the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement is asking “white folks” for monetary reparations as its ...

India and Pakistan are shrouded in the fog of war, which is peopled by phantoms. The 1971 India-Pakistan war, which created Bangladesh, changed the map of South Asia. Three years later, India ...

Republican Senator-elect Tim Sheehy cited the current state of the government for why Montana residents voted for him on Election Day, as “common sense” carried him over the finish line.

Identity politics got a bad name in recent years. ... the interests of the group get whittled down to what they have in common with those at the top, ... we’re doing the enemy’s work for him.

Yascha Mounk’s new book “The Identity Trap: A Story of Ideas and Power in Our Time” arrives at a crucial juncture for American liberalism.

Most observers link identity politics with Democrats, as underrepresented groups have used their common fate as a vehicle for political action since the movement politics of the 1960s & 70s. The ...