liberal
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The prolific and acclaimed writer and activist used his liberal beliefs and his agrarian roots in Kentucky to craft novels, poems and essays connecting the natural world to humankind.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
He told BBC London: "We've got a really good liberal message: we care about the things you care about, and we're going to work really hard for you."
From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026
He also has admiring words for Robert F. Kennedy and his mix of conservative and liberal positions deployed in his 1968 campaign.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
A benchmark 2020 Pew study showed belief in a personalized God ranging from 12% to 37% across the religiously liberal spectrum.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
Malcolm’s father was right: Lord Nugent had been lord chancellor, but that had been under a previous government, a more liberal body than the present one, and ruling at a more liberal time.
From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman
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In their coalition agreement for governing the city, the Social Democrats and liberals pledged to expand public toilet provision and examine whether public toilets could be made free for everyone.
From Barron's ● Aug. 15, 2026
For Europe’s liberals, it would become a playbook.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 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
Yet it was somehow 5–4, with Justice Amy Coney Barrett and the three liberals joining Roberts in full.
From Slate ● Jun. 30, 2026
Nonreligious white liberals have typically downplayed the role of religion in the civil rights movement, but historian Aldon Morris is correct in asserting that the lunch-counter protests were not primarily a college phenomenon.
From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson
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