The Quiet Fire in Sükhbaatar
Square
POLITICAL POWER · VOTING RIGHTS · ASIA
On December 10, 1989, Hashbat
Hulan led Mongolia’s first
public protest in decades,
sparking a nonviolent
democratic.
They had rehearsed the chants.
Hulan told them to be louder
than the rock bands.
It was December 10, 1989—
International Human Rights Day
—and Mongolia’s first public
protest in over half a century…
PUBLIC HEALTH · MEDICINE · WHITE HOUSE
Federal cuts and policy shifts
have severely disrupted
biomedical research funding in
Maine, leading to halted
projects.
The phone call came in April.
No press release, no warning.
Just a curt message from the
National Institutes of Health:
the $500,000 grant supporting
vaccine research at the
MaineHealth Institute for
Research was gone…
POLITICAL POWER · MAGA · REPUBLICANS
Set in a dystopian future
United States, the narrative
reimagines Orwell’s "Nineteen
Eighty-Four" with a…
POLITICAL POWER · VOTING RIGHTS · INFLATION
The text outlines how
authoritarian regimes gradually
consolidate control through
media restrictions, financial
constraints, surveillance, and
propaganda.
POLITICAL POWER · LAW AND COURTS
Project 2025, a blueprint
developed by conservative
operatives, aims to reshape
federal institutions by
curtailing public media.
100 Days That Shook Washington
WHITE HOUSE · POLITICAL POWER
In the first 100 days of Donald
Trump’s second term, sweeping
actions have reshaped
government operations…
TAXES · TRADE · PUBLIC FINANCE
The extension of the 2017 Tax
Cuts and Jobs Act and proposals
in Project 2025 would
significantly.
WHITE HOUSE · STATE POLITICS
Following Donald Trump’s 2024
presidential victory, Maine has
emerged as a focal point of
resistance to federal.
IMMIGRATION · LAW AND COURTS · WHITE HOUSE
In 1918, conductor Karl Muck
was interned under the Alien
Enemies Act during World War I
despite.