Trump promised to revive rural America. Instead, trade wars, soaring input costs, and industry consolidation are pushing family farms to the brink
In a moment that echoes Great Depression economic anxiety, today’s Democrats have a blueprint in Roosevelt. Will the party heed history’s lessons on affordability?
Two decades after 9/11, the outcomes of U.S. military interventions in the Middle East—from ISIS to regional instability—raise hard questions about cost, accountability, and...
Trump’s foreign policy treats global alliances as protection rackets reminiscent of historical tribute systems: pay up, submit, or face threats.
The United States has been trying to shape Iran since 1953. Every attempt has left the country more unstable and the two nations further apart.
Days before the first primaries of 2026, reports suggest Trump allies are encouraging the use of emergency authority to reshape election administration, reviving foreign interference...
By flooding the system with one outrageous act after the other, the Trump administration sidelines Congress and exhausts the public. His power concentrates while the problems...
Trump is testing how much he can control the vote. While the courts have blocked his efforts so far, can the states hold fast through the intimidation?
Democracies do not fall from a single blow, but from cascading failures that overwhelm public attention. The U.S. is now in the midst of deliberate, converging assaults on American life...
‘State capture’ systematically rewires government so public power feeds private wealth, and it’s an authoritarian framework undoing American democracy.