The Price of Instability
TRADE · INFLATION · COST OF LIVING
May 14, 2025
The Trump administration
reduced tariffs on Chinese
imports from 145% to 30%
without securing trade
concessions, leaving U.S…
The Chainsaw’s Still Running
WHITE HOUSE · POLITICAL POWER
May 13, 2025
The Department of Government
Efficiency (DOGE), launched
under Trump’s executive order
and associated with Elon Musk…
Welcome to Delaney
IMMIGRATION · POLITICAL POWER
May 10, 2025
Newark Mayor Ras Baraka was
arrested outside the newly
reopened Delaney Hall ICE…
The Immigrant Dividend
PUBLIC FINANCE · LABOR · TAXES
May 9, 2025
Undocumented immigrants in the
U.S. contribute billions
annually to Social Security…
Buried Leverage
WAR AND SECURITY · POLITICAL POWER · TRADE
May 8, 2025
Seventeen rare earth metals,
essential for technologies from
electric vehicles to defense
systems, are predominantly
processed in China, giving it
significant geopolitical…
Brave New Land
MAGA · POLITICAL POWER · LAW AND COURTS
May 7, 2025
The narrative imagines a
dystopian 2029 America shaped
by authoritarian control under
a Trump-like regime, where…
The Deal
WHITE HOUSE · POLITICAL POWER
May 6, 2025
The piece examines Donald
Trump’s apparent indifference
to the Constitution…
Unsung Defiance
POLITICAL POWER · LAW AND COURTS
May 5, 2025
The article recounts stories of
individuals resisting
authoritarian repression across
Myanmar, Syria, Iran, Russia,
and the United States. It…
The Quiet Fire in Sükhbaatar
Square
POLITICAL POWER · VOTING RIGHTS · ASIA
May 3, 2025
On December 10, 1989, Hashbat
Hulan led Mongolia’s first
public protest in decades,
sparking a peaceful democratic
transition that ended nearly 70
years of one-party rule. Her
subsequent political and
advisory work helped…