The Dark Side of America

The proportion of U.S. citizens who have confidence in their nation’s military has declined, a new poll has revealed. The U.S. military is involved in a number of missions as part of the Department of Defense’s efforts to protect U.S. interests. Members of the army are stationed domestically and abroad in areas including the Middle East. But according to Gallup polling, confidence in the institution has declined in the last two decades. The new polling, published earlier this month, found that ...

Police have arrested at least 25 pro-Palestinian protesters and cleared an encampment at the University of Virginia (UVA) as campuses across the United States brace for more turmoil during graduation ceremonies. Tensions flared at UVA’s campus in Charlottesville, where protests had been largely peaceful until Saturday morning, when police officers in riot gear were seen in a video moving on an encampment on the campus’s lawn, cuffing some demonstrators with zip ties and using what appeared to b ...