The Quiet State
IMMIGRATION · LAW AND COURTS · NEW HAMPSHIRE
June 20, 2025
Federal immigration enforcement
in New Hampshire has
intensified with unannounced
raids, warrantless arrests, and…
The Story
The Line Has Moved
POLITICAL POWER · WAR AND SECURITY
June 19, 2025
Federal troop deployments in
the U.S. have historically
oscillated between suppressing
dissent and protecting civil
rights, revealing.
They didn’t knock.
In 1894, federal troops rolled
into Chicago—not to defend the
Constitution, but to put
workers back in line. George
Pullman had cut wages but kept
rents high in his company-owned
housing. When his laborers…
The Hidden Tax that Widens the
Gap
TRADE · INFLATION · COST OF LIVING
June 18, 2025
Recent tariff increases have
led to rising prices on both
imported and domestic goods,
disproportionately affecting
low.
The Tipping Point
POLITICAL POWER · LAW AND COURTS
June 17, 2025
On June 14, following the
assassination of Minnesota
House Speaker Melissa Hortman,
federal response was notably
absent.
June 14 started like theater.
Tanks positioned for a military
parade outside the Capitol.
Flags, bandstands, solemn
voices on state television. And
Minnesota House Speaker ,
Melissa Hortman, was dead .
And the day wasn’t over…
Brain Drain, Border Gain
IMMIGRATION · LABOR · BUSINESS
June 16, 2025
Day 98. Harvard sued the U.S.
government. Overnight,
international students were
stripped of their visas. By…
The Decision
LAW AND COURTS · POLITICAL POWER
June 13, 2025
The legacy of judicial review,
established by Chief Justice
John Marshall in Marbury v…
God, Country, Coup
VOTING RIGHTS · POLITICAL POWER
June 12, 2025
Since the January 6 Capitol
breach, efforts to consolidate
executive power and undermine…
Permission to Leave
POLITICAL POWER · IMMIGRATION · POLITICS
June 11, 2025
Autocratic regimes have
historically used controlled
emigration as a strategy to…
The Front Door
IMMIGRATION · LAW AND COURTS · MAINE
June 9, 2025
In Maine, a surge in ICE
detentions has unsettled
communities previously
considered unlikely targets…