The Cost of Protection
TRADE · TAXES · PUBLIC FINANCE
February 16, 2025
Historical and recent U.S. economic
policies on tariffs and taxation
reveal mixed outcomes. Protective…
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Trump bans the Associated
Press
WHITE HOUSE · POLITICAL POWER · LAW AND COURTS
February 15, 2025
The White House has barred
Associated Press journalists from
the Oval Office and Air Force One
following.
White House bars AP journalists from
Air Force One and the Oval Office
Yesterday, the White House barred AP
journalists from attending events in…
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…