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More than three decades after the collapse of the Soviet Union, the promise of a democratic Russia has given way to something much darker—and far more durable.
The Founders designed our democracy with a failsafe against would-be despots: impeachment.
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The Class of 2026 is graduating into a democracy in freefall. Their speakers owe them more than recycled anecdotes.
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His administration had to drop the case to get a new fed chair, but it could be revived amid a flurry of selective prosecutions.
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An economist’s answer for why you deserve a raise and why a higher minimum wage won’t hurt the economy.
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Besides being immoral, political assassins repeatedly fail to achieve their intended objectives.
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Despite Trump’s punitive spectacles, reform efforts persist across states, and there’s hope for policies that draw on the best traditions from both the left and right.
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The Treasury’s currency swap line with the UAE looks suspiciously like corruption.
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