The Crime of Speaking Freely
LAW AND COURTS · WHITE HOUSE · POLITICAL POWER
April 23, 2025
Benjamin Gitlow’s 1919 conviction
for publishing a socialist manifesto
marked a pivotal Supreme Court…
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The Classroom Clampdown
WHITE HOUSE · LAW AND COURTS · STATE POLITICS
April 22, 2025
The Trump administration’s 2025
directives impose strict controls on
education, targeting diversity…
The Last Bridge
IMMIGRATION · POLITICAL POWER · EUROPE
April 21, 2025
Pope Francis framed global migration
as a spiritual and moral crisis,
emphasizing compassion for refugees…
Buy, Baby, Buy
WHITE HOUSE · CONGRESS · MARKETS
April 17, 2025
At 9:30 a.m. on April 9, Donald
Trump hit “post.”
“THIS IS A GREAT TIME TO BUY!!! DJT”
The markets hadn’t opened for long…
Poor Excuses From A Wannabe
Dictator
WHITE HOUSE · POLITICAL POWER · REPUBLICANS
April 16, 2025
Since returning to office, Donald
Trump has pursued a strategy
described as a ten-step path toward…
The Border Was Just a
Line—Until It Wasn’t
COMMUNITY · VERMONT · QUEBEC
April 15, 2025
The Haskell Free Library and Opera
House, a century-old building
bisected by the US-Canada border,
has long.
By the time they told Canadians to
use the back door, the building had
already made its point.
For 121 years, the Haskell Free…
Make America Sweat Again
TRADE · BUSINESS · COST OF LIVING
April 14, 2025
President Trump’s 125% tariffs on
Chinese imports aim to revive
American manufacturing but largely…
Getting Greenland
WHITE HOUSE · WAR AND SECURITY · LAW AND COURTS
April 11, 2025
Donald Trump’s proposal to purchase
Greenland reflects strategic
interests in the Arctic’s military…
Banned in Plain Sight
POLITICAL POWER · LAW AND COURTS · STATE POLITICS
April 10, 2025
How America is narrowing what you
can read, watch, and teach.
By the time they pulled the Bible…