The U.S. Government’s Repair Bills Are Coming Due
In 2019, journalist David Klion described the United States as “the sick man of the 21st century,” a country suffering from elite stagnation and institutional fatigue. Six years later, the ...
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Foreign Aid Groups Grapple With How to Engage Trump
It’s been more than eight months since U.S. President Donald Trump shocked the world by halting virtually all U.S. foreign aid, terminating billions in congressionally directed funding, and unilaterally dismantling ...
How a U.S. Government Shutdown Could Impact Washington’s Foreign Policy
The U.S. federal government shut down for the first time in nearly seven years on Wednesday after Democratic and Republican lawmakers were unable to agree on a spending deal, bringing ...
How Shutting Down the U.S. Government Became the New Normal
A government shutdown is looming. On Sept. 11, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer announced that he and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries would demand specific health care provisions, including a ...
Is Trump Taking Treaties Back to the Middle Ages?
U.S. President Donald Trump has concentrated government power in his hands since the start of his second term. Much has been written about his one-man rule by executive order, his ...
How the Movement to ‘Free D.C.’ Became a Civil Rights Struggle
The summer of 2025 has been difficult for many residents of Washington, D.C. As the city faces a $1.1 billion budget hole that was created by the Republicans in the ...
Why Texas’s Power Grab Is So Dangerous
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and the Republican-controlled state legislature are moving forward with an aggressive mid-decade redistricting plan at the behest of President Donald Trump. Though redistricting traditionally occurs once ...
How the ‘Paranoid Style’ Took Over U.S. Politics
President Donald Trump has spent two weeks struggling to dig himself out of the scandal that’s become known as the “Epstein files.” Allegations of a conspiracy involving high-ranking government officials, ...
Why Don’t Americans Rise up Against Unpopular Policy Anymore?
Congress has passed one of the most draconian cut to social safety net programs in modern American history. President Donald Trump proudly signed the bill into law. As a result ...
How Lyndon Johnson Moved the Nation Forward on Immigration
Sixty years ago, the president of the United States, Lyndon Baines Johnson, championed the value of immigration to the United States. When the president signed the Immigration and Nationality Act ...
