Ahmad al-Sharaa toppled Assad. But is Syria headed toward democracy, or did it trade one dictator for another?
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The Supreme Court’s Immunity-to-Impunity Pipeline
Grievance dressed as law, history warped into license, today’s Court is not checking Trump’s authoritarianism—it’s codifying it.
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Conflict in Kashmir
A good reason, and a bad one, not to worry (too much) about nuclear war.
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How Reproductive Freedom Advocates Outsmarted the Anti-Abortion Movement
Since the reversal of Roe v. Wade, the number of abortions is up because of telehealth and the free sharing of mifepristone and misoprostol.
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Who Is Batya Ungar-Sargon?
A Berkeley-educated leftist who couldn’t bear drinking at a bar with Trump voters is now MAGA’s top defender. A tale for our times.
Posted inWar in the Mideast
Lebanon’s Precarious Future
The collapse of Hezbollah’s dominance has left a power vacuum in Lebanon—and a rare opening to reimagine the state. But without reform, aid, disarmament, and a rethinking of the centralized system of governance, the country risks falling back into the abyss.
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The U.S. Agency for Global Media Was Working
I know because I was appointed to the board overseeing the parent organization for Voice of America and other crucial outlets promoting freedom. Congress needs to hold hearings on what to do now.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Donald Trump’s Third-Term Enablers
Sophists posing as scholars are always available to misread the Constitution.
Posted inPolitics
Trump Has Taught Us That It’s All About the Bribe and Bullet
The Colombian shakedown style of the 47th president and why we need to save ourselves.
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Who Needs College Anymore?
Kathleen deLaski asks that question in a new book that asks how to make higher ed not only more accessible but applicable to Americans’ real lives.
