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Are we in a constitutional crisis?
President Trump's blizzard of executive orders has run into a snowplow of legal challenges. There are dozens of cases challenging the White House's a…
1 year ago
What DOGE could mean for Medicare and Medicaid?
Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency is quickly expanding its reach through the federal government.
It recently accessed systems at the Cen…
1 year ago
Trump 2.0 or Project 2025?
Project 2025, is a 900-plus page blueprint for a conservative President. It was unveiled in the spring of 2023, well before Donald Trump had won the …
1 year ago
Bonus Episode: "Margery," the medieval memoirist
For centuries, scholars only had one version of the life of Margery Kempe, an English mystic who lived in the 14th and 15th centuries — until a ping …
1 year ago
Is there a Trump Doctrine for Foreign Policy?
A lot of labels have been applied to Trump's foreign policy approach. America First, Isolationist, transactional, imperialist, protectionist. "I'm a …
1 year ago
The wider impact of DEI changes under the Trump administration
As President Trump dismantles Diversity Equity and Inclusion (DEI) practices at the federal level, organizations across the country are also shifting…
1 year ago
Trump's Plan for Gaza: American intervention and mass relocation
President Trump floated two stunning ideas about Gaza on Tuesday. The first is he said the U.S. would take over the territory, which has been devasta…
1 year ago
What does Elon Musk get out of remaking the government?
In Washington these days, Elon Musk seems to be everywhere.
In the 15 days Donald Trump has been back in the White House, Musk and his Department of G…
1 year, 1 month ago
The people and the waterway at the center of the Panama Canal
The Panama Canal has sat at the center of global trade for more than a century, connecting two oceans. The things Americans use every day pass throug…
1 year, 1 month ago
Is Trump testing limits or trying to eliminate them?
Most presidents want as much power as they can get. And it's not unusual to see them claim authority that they don't, in the end, actually have.
We s…
1 year, 1 month ago