The foundation of a free society is the ability to participate in politics without fear of violence. To lose that is to risk losing everything.

An assassin took aim at the American experiment itself.

The foundation of a free society is the ability to participate in politics without fear of violence. To lose that is to risk losing everything.

In interviews from across the country, people expressed fear and wariness, and said that the country seemed to be spinning out of control.

An assassination has raised fears of an increase in political violence.

The widespread and fast-moving campaign has already resulted in lost jobs, suspensions and internal investigations, heightening tensions online between supporters and detractors…

The round table convenes to make sense of Kirk’s legacy and the future of discourse.

His tragic shooting death tells us something about America’s culture of violence.

We’ve fully stepped into a different historical moment: the age of brain-poisoning meme politics.