What the United States is witnessing in 2025 is not just a president testing the system. It is a transformation of the presidency into a fully political institution.
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At a moment when the U.S. once again faces a housing crisis, the legacy of the U.S. Housing Corporation serves as a reminder that bold public action can meet urgent needs.
Trump’s attacks on former officials who criticized him sends a signal of future punishment to current Justice Department officials should they speak out against Trump or refuse to carry out illegal orders.
During the 2023-2024 academic year, international students contributed $43.8 billion to the U.S. economy.
In a display of political choreography, nearly 500 privately owned media outlets were donated to a central holding company run by Orbán’s allies, promoting what he calls his “illiberal” agenda.
Fascist “strongmen” like Mussolini accumulate power thanks to people’s inabilities to believe that the barbarisation of political life—including open violence against opponents—could happen in their societies.
Vladimir Putin has draped himself in old-fashioned, medieval conceptions of Russian history to add symbolic weight to his authoritarian government.
Right now we’re seeing two judges have a tough time with attorneys from the government. What governs behavior in the courtroom?
While Trump’s tariffs will inevitably hurt parts of the Chinese economy, Beijing appears to have far more cards to play this time around. It has the tools to inflict meaningful damage on U.S. interests.
The Trump administration’s early and direct intervention into higher education governance echoes historical attempts to bring universities under state influence or control.
Though this might seem like a technical legal issue, it will shape how government works for years to come—as well as the lives of those who live in the U.S
While the president may celebrate April 2 as Liberation Day, markets may come to see it as the tipping point—when global confidence in the U.S. economy began to falter in earnest.
The adoption of the 22nd Amendment had one purpose, "...the people be assured that we shall never have a dictator in this land.”
While Trump claims he’s only joking when he floats the idea of a third term, he has a long history of using “jokes” as a way of floating trial balloons.
Donald Trump loves the power and prestige that comes with being head of state, but does not seem to particularly enjoy the responsibility of being head of government.
As Trump and MAGA move forward with initiatives that are discriminatory and racist, they want to wipe out education that would teach how these policies already existed in America's past.
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