The Meeting Ended on Time
POLITICAL POWER · LAW AND COURTS · EUROPE
January 8, 2026
Authoritarian regimes often
consolidate power through
administrative control rather than…
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The Bully Next Door
WAR AND SECURITY · POLITICAL POWER · LAW AND COURTS
January 5, 2026
On January 2, 2026, the United
States conducted a covert operation
to remove Venezuela’s president…
The Attack Was the Point
WAR AND SECURITY · POLITICAL POWER · LAW AND COURTS
January 3, 2026
Donald Trump has launched a likely
unconstitutional land assault on
Venezuela, claiming to have captured…
Fifty-Six Days
VOTING RIGHTS · CONGRESS · POLITICAL POWER
January 2, 2026
The article examines the fragility
of American democracy in the lead-up
to and aftermath of the 2026.
The Year America Looked Away
PUBLIC HEALTH · HEALTH INSURANCE · WHITE HOUSE
December 31, 2025
In 2025, U.S. policy changes under
the Trump administration weakened
Medicaid through work-reporting…
You Are Not Who You Say
IMMIGRATION · WHITE HOUSE · MAGA
December 30, 2025
One year into Trump’s return to
office, immigration enforcement has
increasingly focused on identity…
The Question at the Table
POLITICAL POWER · LAW AND COURTS · UNITED STATES
December 18, 2025
Despite widespread dissent and
large-scale protests, American
resistance to authoritarian shifts…
The Screenshot and the Supply
Chain
TRADE · BUSINESS · WHITE HOUSE
December 8, 2025
A viral falsehood claimed South
Africa had halted mineral exports to
the U.S. amid frozen American aid.
How Trump’s Africa Policy Left the
U.S. Exposed to a Single Mineral
Hoax
The light in the office had that
late-afternoon shimmer—gold filtered…
When Land Fights Back
ENVIRONMENT · CLIMATE CHANGE · POLITICAL POWER
December 4, 2025
Michael Forbes, a Scottish farmer,
resists efforts by Donald Trump to
develop the Menie dunes into a.