GOP Congressman Spews Racist Screed on Fall of “Western Civilization” Republican Representative Chip Roy went into full meltdown mode when talking about the Senate’s new foreign aid package.

“The fundamental weakness of Western civilization is empathy, the empathy exploit,” Musk said. “There it’s they’re exploiting a bug in Western civilization, which is the empathy response.” ...

SARAH MCCAMMON, HOST: People tend to think of empathy or caring about other people's feelings as a good thing, but in some conservative circles, there's a growing chorus of voices arguing that ...

Iowa will be required to include specific topics and themes in its social studies curriculum under a new law signed by Gov. Kim Reynolds Wednesday.