Hunter (J.D., Ph.D.) serves as senior fellow for First Liberty’s Center for Religion, Culture, and Democracy. He is the author of Postliberal Protestants: Baptists between Obergefell and Christian Nationalism, The End of Secularism, Political Thought: A Student's Guide, and The System Has a Soul. His work has appeared in a wide variety of other books and journals. He is a regular commentator on the popular podcast The World & Everything in It.
A cabinet shake-up and new pressure on Cuba signal a sharper turn in the administration’s foreign policy. WORLD’s Hunter Baker looks at the strategy behind the shift—and what it says about the president’s next moves
Hunter Baker | President Trump’s State of the Union address and the march to the midterms
WORLD’s Hunter Baker on the tone of President Trump’s second-term State of the Union, Democratic protest and positioning, the policy signals inside the speech, and what the moment reveals about a polarized nation
Hunter Baker on Marco Rubio’s soaring Munich address, the shutdown standoff over ICE enforcement, and what Jesse Jackson’s career reveals about rhetoric and litmus tests
Hunter Baker on how sports gambling is reshaping the fan experience
WORLD’s Hunter Baker on Japan’s conservative landslide and push for constitutional reform. Plus: the uneven fallout from the Epstein files, Trump’s bid to jump-start long-term investing, and the National Prayer Breakfast’s slide into politics
Hunter Baker | The gambling industry makes a killing off people who don’t understand how the odds are stacked against them
WORLD’s Hunter Baker on first ladies and political influence, the immigration fight behind the shutdown, a Texas election surprise, and the fallout from a landmark medical verdict
WORLD’s Hunter Baker on a fatal flashpoint in Minneapolis, the fight over border-enforcement funding, ICE’s authority on the ground, and what’s next after DHS’s Noem is benched
Hunter Baker on what the federal government can do about the disrupted church service and on what signals allies are sending ahead of Trump’s Davos speech
