A roadmap to how dictators
gain control
POLITICAL POWER · WAR AND SECURITY · LAW AND COURTS
February 1, 2025
The article outlines seven common
strategies used by dictators to
seize and maintain power,
illustrated by historical.
In a 1990 Vanity Fair article, Ivana
Trump, Donald Trump’s first wife,
noted that he sometimes read a
collection of Adolf Hitler’s…
Anna Walentynowicz: A Life of
Courage and Solidarity
POLITICAL POWER · LABOR · EUROPE
February 1, 2025
Anna Walentynowicz, a crane operator
and longtime shipyard worker in
Gdańsk, became a central figure in
Poland’s.
Early Life in a Turbulent Poland
Anna Walentynowicz (born Anna
Lubczyk in 1929) grew up amid
hardship and war on Poland’s eastern
frontier encyclopedia.com . Orphaned
at age ten during World War II, she
was forced to leave school after
fourth grade and work as a domestic…
Azucena Villaflor: Founder of
the Mothers of Plaza de Mayo
POLITICAL POWER · WAR AND SECURITY · LAW AND COURTS
February 1, 2025
Azucena Villaflor founded the
Mothers of Plaza de Mayo, a group of
women who publicly protested the.
Argentina’s Dirty War (1976–1983)
was a period of state terrorism in
which the military junta abducted,
tortured, and “disappeared” an
estimated 30,000 people
activistswithattitude.com . Families
were given no answers – as one
account notes, with no proof of
death there could be “no funeral, no…
Clash in the Oval - Summary
WHITE HOUSE · WAR AND SECURITY · UKRAINE
February 1, 2025
During a meeting in the Oval Office,
President Trump claimed Europe
mainly provides loans to Ukraine, a.
It’s 12:30 PM ET, and I just caught
President Trump repeating a claim
that French President Emmanuel
Macron straight-up disputed during
their meeting in the Oval Office. I
felt it was important to set the
record straight. In that tense
moment, Trump argued that Europe is
just giving loans to help Ukraine,
while Macron pushed back, pointing…
Clocked In, Left Out
LABOR · COST OF LIVING · BUSINESS
February 1, 2025
A warehouse worker reflects on the
decline of union influence and wage
stagnation since the mid-20th…
Consent Pending
POLITICAL POWER · WAR AND SECURITY · LAW AND COURTS
February 1, 2025
In a tense negotiation, Canada’s new
Prime Minister Marcel Lagauche
rejects U.S. proposals to annex
Alberta and.
Constitutional Clash
WHITE HOUSE · LAW AND COURTS · POLITICAL POWER
February 1, 2025
The Trump administration’s extensive
use of executive orders has sparked
widespread legal challenges, raising
constitutional questions about.
Executive Actions Testing
Constitutional Boundaries
The Flood of Executive Orders and
Their Legal Challenges
President Trump’s second term began
with a barrage of executive orders
designed to reshape federal
governance without congressional
input. These orders have faced…
CUDA
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE · LABOR · BUSINESS
February 1, 2025
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang reflects on
the transformative impact of CUDA, a
parallel computing platform that…
Department of Government
Efficiency
POLITICAL POWER · WAR AND SECURITY · VOTING RIGHTS
February 1, 2025
In early 2025, Elon Musk’s creation
of the so-called Department of
Government Efficiency (DOGE) led to
unauthorized.
On a cold February morning in 2025,
Elon Musk walked into the National
Labor Relations Board's headquarters
with a security badge and a
handpicked tech team. Within days,
network administrators were locked
out of their own systems, audit logs
vanished, and a sudden 10-gigabyte…
