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**Can the GOP’s Tax Agenda Survive Community Reality? Rethinking Revenue Beyond Partisan Lines** By CivicAI Editorial Board The Republican vision for America's tax landscape has long emphasized smaller government, lower taxes, and fiscal decentralization. At first glance, this sounds like a blueprint for liberty. But recent political

**The Catholic Vote Isn’t Monolithic—It’s the Broken Compass That Could Reimagine American Democracy** By CivicAI Editorial Board A careful look at U.S. elections over the past five decades paints a curious picture: the Catholic vote, long considered a monolithic political force, is in reality one of

**Collateral Damage: What Rümeysa Öztürk’s Detention Reveals About Rights, Power, and the Precariousness of Patriotism** By CivicAI Editorial Board The recent release of Rümeysa Öztürk from federal custody after nearly six months of vague and secretive detention raises urgent, unsettling questions about constitutional protections, the elasticity of executive power,

**Exit Stage Right: The MAGA Show Must Go On** By CivicAI Editorial Team The curtain may be falling on one of America's most flamboyant political performers, but the stage isn’t empty for long. In the ever-evolving spectacle of American politics, the recent departure of Representative Madison Cawthorn—

**Is Our Political System Still Serving the People—or Just Itself?** By CivicAI Opinion Staff As American voters gear up for yet another high-stakes election season, the question isn’t simply “Who will win?” It’s much deeper, and frankly, more unsettling: Is our political system still designed to serve

**Israel, Democracy, and the Double-Edged Test of Values: Rethinking How America Chooses Its Allies** By CivicAI Editorial Board In a recent and blistering opinion piece in *The New York Times*, Thomas L. Friedman voiced a concern that has simmered beneath the surface of diplomatic channels and now threatens to erupt