High-Flying Corruption
WHITE HOUSE · POLITICAL POWER
May 15, 2025
A foreign monarchy gifted a
$400 million airplane to
President Trump without
congressional approval, raising…
The Price of Instability
TRADE · INFLATION · COST OF LIVING
May 14, 2025
The Trump administration
reduced tariffs on Chinese
imports from 145% to 30%
without securing trade
concessions, leaving.
The Chainsaw’s Still Running
WHITE HOUSE · POLITICAL POWER
May 13, 2025
The Department of Government
Efficiency (DOGE), established
under Trump’s executive order
and linked to Elon Musk, has.
Welcome to Delaney
IMMIGRATION · POLITICAL POWER
May 10, 2025
Newark Mayor Ras Baraka was
arrested outside the newly
reopened Delaney Hall ICE…
The Immigrant Dividend
PUBLIC FINANCE · LABOR · TAXES
May 9, 2025
Undocumented immigrants in the
U.S. contribute billions in
taxes to Social Security…
Buried Leverage
WAR AND SECURITY · POLITICAL POWER · TRADE
May 8, 2025
Seventeen rare earth metals,
essential for technologies from
electric vehicles to defense
systems, are predominantly
processed in.
The Dictator Next Door
POLITICAL POWER · VOTING RIGHTS · INFLATION
April 30, 2025
The text outlines how
authoritarian regimes gradually
consolidate control through
media restrictions, financial
constraints, surveillance, and
propaganda.
100 Days That Shook Washington
WHITE HOUSE · POLITICAL POWER
April 28, 2025
In the first 100 days of Donald
Trump’s second term, sweeping
actions have reshaped
government operations…
The Rich Get a Refund
TAXES · TRADE · PUBLIC FINANCE
April 25, 2025
The extension of the 2017 Tax
Cuts and Jobs Act and proposals
in Project 2025 would
significantly.