The Quiet Fire in Sükhbaatar
Square
POLITICAL POWER · VOTING RIGHTS · ASIA
On December 10, 1989, Hashbat Hulan
led Mongolia’s first public protest
in decades, sparking a nonviolent
democratic.
They had rehearsed the chants. Hulan
told them to be louder than the rock
bands.
It was December 10, 1989—
International Human Rights Day —and
Mongolia’s first public protest in
over half a century was set to begin
in the capital…
PUBLIC HEALTH · MEDICINE · WHITE HOUSE
Federal cuts and policy shifts have
severely disrupted biomedical
research funding in Maine, leading
to halted projects.
The phone call came in April. No
press release, no warning. Just a
curt message from the National
Institutes of Health: the $500,000
grant supporting vaccine research at
the MaineHealth Institute for
Research was gone.
Dr. Clifford Rosen, one of the lab’s
senior scientists, still remembers…
POLITICAL POWER · MAGA · REPUBLICANS
Set in a dystopian future United
States, the narrative reimagines
Orwell’s "Nineteen Eighty-Four" with…
POLITICAL POWER · VOTING RIGHTS · INFLATION
The text outlines how authoritarian
regimes gradually consolidate
control through media restrictions,
financial constraints, surveillance…
POLITICAL POWER · LAW AND COURTS · WHITE HOUSE
Project 2025, a blueprint developed
by conservative operatives, aims to
reshape federal institutions by
curtailing public media.
100 Days That Shook
Washington
WHITE HOUSE · POLITICAL POWER · LAW AND COURTS
In the first 100 days of Donald
Trump’s second term, sweeping
actions have reshaped government
operations, economic.
We are two days from a milestone
that may mark a turning point — or a
breaking point.
The warning signs have been there…
TAXES · TRADE · PUBLIC FINANCE
The extension of the 2017 Tax Cuts
and Jobs Act and proposals in
Project 2025 would significantly.
WHITE HOUSE · STATE POLITICS · LAW AND COURTS
Following Donald Trump’s 2024
presidential victory, Maine has
emerged as a focal point of
resistance to federal.
IMMIGRATION · LAW AND COURTS · WHITE HOUSE
In 1918, conductor Karl Muck was
interned under the Alien Enemies Act
during World War I despite.
