Given that Donald Trump conceives of the presidency as a casino—why else would he be trying to makeover the White House to look like the Bellagio?—it ...

The image of a youthful Donald Trump, laying his hand on the forehead of a sick or dying man has by now been interred in the meme graveyard. By the time you read this, another will have taken its ...

In a time of war, resurgent authoritarianism, and an escalating assault on higher education, the language of “institutional neutrality” has emerged not as a safeguard of academic integrity, but as one ...

Donald Trump’s rhetoric and actions against Iran, Venezuela and Cuba over the last year have few parallels in modern history. They have to be seen as marking a new stage. As such they call for a ...

Jack Evans’ bid for DC Council chairman has ended with a whimper. Unable to collect enough signatures to get on the ballot, Evans dropped out of the race last week, he told WUSA9. This is a stunning ...

It is tempting to argue that Israel’s new military doctrine is predicated on perpetual war—but the reality is more complex. Not that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu would object to such an ...

It seems an opportune time to scrutinize how it has come to pass that the U.S. has become a menace to others as well as to itself. Remembering its early vision of being a peaceful democracy that ...

When we look at data on life expectancy, that seems like a reasonable question to ask. We can argue over the causes and mechanisms, but it is an undeniable fact that people in states that are ...

Events in the Middle East following the February 28, 2026, US-Israeli bombing attack on Iran recall for us the prophecy recounted by Herodotus of the oracles of Delphi to Croesus the king of the ...

The most restrictive voting bill ever passed by Congress” is how Michael Waldman, CEO of the Brennan Center for Justice, describes the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act. The former ...

One day after submitting the bill for a 40 hour work week to Congress, Lula met with union leaders in Brasilia. On April 14, President Lula submitted a bill to Congress that, if passed, will reduce ...

On a spring morning in 1914, miners in Ludlow, Colorado, were celebrating Greek Easter when the Colorado National Guard and a private security agency opened fire on their camp with a ...