Washington's first years as president quickly taught him that running a government was entirely different than running his sprawling business interests. A lesson that seems lost today.
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The pardoning of rebels and insurrectionists after the Civil War led to waves of violence, lynchings and outright murder and the nationwide expansion of the KKK.
Trump is willing to use Spanish on the campaign trail when it benefits him while reinforcing a public narrative of rejecting Spanish and Spanish speakers.
The Trump administration’s attacks on DEI are part of a broader assault on freedom of speech in which Trump targets media, businesses and everyday Americans the president disagrees with.
Given his pledges to further militarize border enforcement and expand U.S. jails and prisons, we anticipate a rise in spending on police fusion centers and other tools of mass surveillance under Trump.
If Trump has a “powerful mandate” on immigration, research shows, it’s for getting legal authorization for immigrants who’ve lived in the U.S. a long time without it—not deporting them.
The question facing Americans, therefore, isn’t whether government needs modernization—it’s whether they’re willing to sacrifice democracy in pursuit of Musk’s version of efficiency.
Even if Trump fails at his bid to greatly reduce foreign aid spending, other countries are spending far more on economic assistance for the world’s poorest people, as a share of their economies, than the U.S. does.
Legitimate academic journals evaluate papers before publication by having other researchers in the field carefully read them over. But this process is far from perfect.
No matter how you define $Trump, one thing remains clear: The structure of the coin is set up to siphon money out of retail investors for at least the next three years.
In 1944, author Laura Z. Hobson agonized over whether or not to write a book about American Antisemitism. A letter from a friend push her forward to write what the New York Times described as "required reading," and quickly became a major motion picture.
While ocean water can help fight fires, there are reasons fire officials prefer freshwater sources—provided freshwater is available. Using saltwater is typically a last resort.
Even if Judge Merchan imposed prison time, many constitutional law scholars argue that Trump’s sentence would, at minimum, be deferred until after his next term in the Oval Office.
Rebuilding trust in insurance won’t be easy, but it’s essential. Insurance is the great protector of financial security for the American middle class, but only when it works.
AI has brought forth an array of new software tools, but it has also empowered scammers with new ways to con people into handing over their money. Luckily there are tried and true methods for defeating their efforts.
A team of scientists have solved the enduring problem of PFAS "forever chemicals" with cheap blue LED lights.