liberal
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Mr. Conlon sticks to his rejection of political labels: “I don’t like using the words conservative and liberal to describe what we’re doing.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026
Dolores Huerta, the fiery and resolute activist who helped launch and guide the nation’s first enduring labor union for poor farmworkers and later became an inspiration to women and liberal true believers, has died.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026
ISRAEL—In Tel Aviv, one of Israel’s more liberal hubs, Ben Friedhaim sits with his young daughter in HaKnesset Square as waves gently lap onto the nearby beach just days before the election.
From Slate ● Oct. 28, 2026
Later, during my brief stint in seminary — I dropped out to head to a liberal arts college after a semester — women sometimes joked about pursuing their “MRS. degrees.”
From Salon ● Oct. 25, 2026
Parents from as far away as New York sent their children to Allen for its rigorous liberal arts curriculum, its religious teaching, and its insistence on imparting social graces to its students.
From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly
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Capitol, the men and women of Congress—Republicans standing next to Democrats, senators next to representatives, liberals next to conservatives—spontaneously began to sing “God Bless America.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
But for liberals and conservatives alike, there were other aims, too, including a high school and maybe even college degree, and a stable job to follow it.
From Slate ● Jul. 28, 2026
A unifying cultural figure beloved by both liberals and conservatives, Stapleton was the headlining act at a Fourth of July benefit concert that also featured Smashing Pumpkins, Chaka Khan, Maren Morris and Queen Latifah.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 5, 2026
Five justices — Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Amy Coney Barrett, along with the three liberals — upheld the constitutionality of the 14th Amendment’s citizenship clause.
From Salon ● Jul. 1, 2026
I could picture going up in flames copies of Dickens, Stevenson, Zola, Doyle, Shakespeare and many others—donations by white liberals appalled by the state of black education.
From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane
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