The ancient Greeks never rushed Nemesis. They understood that correction follows excess as reliably as shadow follows...
Politics
History does not judge power by asking whether it was abused at all. It asks how often,...
When Abraham Lincoln warned that the republic could die by suicide, he was not speaking about foreign...
By undermining core constitutional legislative processes, authoritarianism supplants democracy, thereby clearing a path to fascism. By Tim...
Whistleblowers’ stories show how accountability is shifting from formal legal institutions to solidarity networks built outside the...
A former official from Trump’s first term said the FBI will be able to throw the full...
When citizens come to accept a constant state of crisis as normal, democratic erosion no longer feels...
Frank Capra’s dark vision of corruption and greed highlights both the dangers of concentrated power and the...
Whether artificial intelligence can remain politically neutral is now a matter of active debate among researchers and...
Chatbots have a greater sway on policy issues than video ads, and that spouting the most information,...
The rise of the manosphere has forced a broader reckoning with how identity, grievance, and influence now...
Evidence portrays a Justice Department struggling to carry out its most basic responsibilities while navigating political pressures...
Evidence presents a portrait of a bureau facing deep structural challenges under Patel’s leadership. His tenure has...
The path forward depends on reinforcing the values and institutions that support democratic governance while creating conditions...
People begin distancing themselves when internal contradictions, personal crises, or emotional turning points disrupt the certainty that...
Eugenic thinking has returned to American political life, not through explicit declarations but through language, policy framing,...
White supremacy, fascist rhetoric, and eugenic ideology are no longer fringe elements hiding at the margins of...
These cases highlight a structural vulnerability in a system that grants presidents near-total discretion with few avenues...
For Trump, the new disclosures strike at a core narrative he has relied on for years, that...
Trump’s $2,000 tariff “dividend” is not an act of economic populism; it’s a mirage of prosperity built...
The long-term damage may not be felt immediately, but it will resonate. Millions will open letters in...
Figures like Russell Vought and Stephen Miller, operating beyond public scrutiny, have become the de facto stewards...
Civil disobedience has always been the pulse that reminds democracy of its conscience. It was the spark...
By protecting one form of extremism while exploiting another, Trump has blurred the line between the governed...
The Revolution’s greatest inheritance was not its victory but its warning, that liberty requires constant rebellion against...
History often turns not on the power of leaders but on the persistence of ordinary people who...
This moment will be remembered less for the policy dispute that sparked it than for what it...
The shutdown has exposed the extent to which cruelty and spectacle have replaced responsibility as the engines...
America is borne back ceaselessly not to the past, but to the same unlearned lesson: that wealth...
The post-truth crisis is ultimately a test of civic character. A republic cannot survive if its citizens...