If I said, “Citizens United,” every card-carrying progressive would immediately yell that it let the rich take over elections. But if we ask how, the

One explanation for the low Black male employment rate that has been put forth by prominent scholars is that Black men are weak in what are called “soft

As even the U.S. mainstream press is acknowledging, President Trump’s decision to wage a war of aggression on Iran appears to make no sense at all,

It’s no secret that the failure of Congressional Republicans to extend the enhanced premium subsidies for insurance purchased on the Affordable Care Act

Last June 2025 Trump bombed Iran. He said to eliminate Iran’s alleged nuclear weapons development. He then proclaimed he had achieved that goal. So what

President Donald Trump has repeatedly described Iran as a serious and immediate threat to U.S. interests, signaling a willingness to target senior

Anyone who believes President Donald Trump is attacking Iran for the sake of democracy or human rights is profoundly naive. At no point in his time in the

Power is felt, attributed, invisible, all-important, descriptive, without shape, and so much more. There is personal power, governmental power, and the

Donald Trump has his sights set on Latin America and the Caribbean and is prepared to use a heavy hand to bring them under his exclusive control. He

I admit I am confused. Trump, not the US Congress, declared war on Iran to stop Iran from getting a nuclear weapon by using its civilian nuclear reactor

Two important campus organizations in Ottawa are in the final days of a student vote to determine their future. They each separately have a referendum

Jules Dassin’s classic film noir of New York, The Naked City, was released in 1948. It’s a police investigation of a young woman’s murder and after the

In the United States today, the cliché is true: The richer are getting richer and the poor are getting poorer. The saying has to be revised somewhat since

“Abundance” has become the cool word for Democratic politics. The idea is that we need to eliminate government regulations that block housing construction

Close your eyes and imagine you enter an average federal prison in the U.S. What do you see? Probably old and decrepit buildings, overworked and underpaid

The killing of Jesús “Mencho”—born Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes—has once again pushed Mexico into the headlines. The violence of the Cártel Jalisco Nueva

The allies of the United States have gone native, feral even, in the jungle of international relations planted by President Donald J. Trump.  While we

There are signs that private equity’s destabilizing role in the insurance industry is growing. In 2020 and 2021 (as we wrote at the time), large private

The Trump administration has joined Israel in launching large-scale attacks across Iran. The strikes mark the beginning of ​“major combat operations,”

Before heading toward Skopje and my flight to Cyprus, I visited the two Orthodox monasteries for which Peja (as Peć) is famous—the Patriarchal Monastery