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Veterans Are Defending the Constitution against a New Enemy: The Secretary of War

Veterans Are Defending the Constitution against a New Enemy: The Secretary of War

Voting

Trump’s Call to ‘Nationalize’ Elections Collides With the Constitution

​Performer Bad Bunny on stage.

Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl Halftime Show Sparks National Controversy As Trump Announces Boycott

U.S. Capitol building

Congress Bill Spotlight: SERVE Act, To Undo Trump Renamings

Trump’s Energy Promise Collapses as Electricity Bills Keep Rising

Trump’s Energy Promise Collapses as Electricity Bills Keep Rising

Podcast: Lonely and extreme

Podcast: Lonely and extreme
The Fulcrum
By The FulcrumApr 26, 2022
The Fulcrum
The Fulcrum staff.
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Given the dangerous rise of political extremism in America, it's well past time we stopped wagging our fingers and do a bit of soul searching of our own about why our society is producing so many citizens unmoored from the connections that support moderation. Pastor Gary Shultz of First Baptist Church, Dr. Dan Leshem of FSU Hillel, Father Tim Holeda of St. Thomas More Co-Cathedral, and Pastor Joseph Davis, Jr. of Truth Gatherers Community Church join Village SquareCast to discuss.

God Squad: Lonely and Extreme

God Squad: Lonely and Extreme

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Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl Message: We Are All Americans

Bad Bunny performs onstage during the Apple Music Super Bowl LX Halftime Show at Levi's Stadium on February 08, 2026 in Santa Clara, California.

(Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images)

Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl Message: We Are All Americans

Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl performance was the joy we needed at this time, when immigrants, Latinos, and other U.S. citizens are under attack by ICE.

It was a beautiful celebration of culture and pride, complete with a real wedding, vendors selling “piraguas,” or shaved ice, and “plátanos” (plantains), and a dominoes game.

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Bad Bunny: Bridging Cultural Divides Through Song and Dance

Bad Bunny-inspired coquito-flavored lattes.

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Bad Bunny: Bridging Cultural Divides Through Song and Dance

Exactly one week before his Apple Music Super Bowl LX Halftime Show performance, Bad Bunny made history at the 68th Grammy Awards after his latest studio album, DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOTos, became the first Spanish-language project to win Album of the Year in Grammy history. Despite facing heavy criticisms that expose existing socio-cultural tensions in the U.S., Bad Bunny, born Benito Ocasio, will continue to make history as the first Spanish-language solo headliner at the Halftime Show, bridging sociocultural divides in the most Boricua way: through song and dance.

The NFL’s announcement of this year’s Super Bowl headliner in late September drew significant criticism, particularly from American audiences.

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Word Kill: Politics Can Be Murder on Poetry

A poster featuring Renee Good sits along the street near a memorial to Good on January 16, 2026 in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

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Word Kill: Politics Can Be Murder on Poetry

Across the United States and the world, millions are still processing the recent killing of Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis by ICE agents. Reactions have intensified as more recently ICE agents shot a Venezuelan man in the same city, and additional National Guard troops have been deployed there.

Many were shocked learning of Good’s shooting, and the shock grew as more information and details about the events leading up to her death, as well as facts about Good herself.

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Bad Bunny Super Bowl Clash Deepens America’s Cultural Divide

Bad Bunny performs on stage during the Debí Tirar Más Fotos world tour at Estadio GNP Seguros on December 11, 2025 in Mexico City, Mexico.

(Photo by Emma McIntyre/Getty Images)

Bad Bunny Super Bowl Clash Deepens America’s Cultural Divide

On Monday, January 26th, I published a column in the Fulcrum called Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl Halftime Show Sparks National Controversy As Trump Announces Boycott. At the time, I believed I had covered the entire political and cultural storm around Bad Bunny’s upcoming Super Bowl performance.

I was mistaken. In the days since, the reaction has only grown stronger, and something deeper has become clear. This is no longer just a debate about a halftime show. It is turning into a question of who belongs in America’s cultural imagination.

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