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No Glory, Just Thinner Shelves
Behind the swagger, the sermons, and the staged toughness lies the real story: civilian suffering and global fragility.
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Freedom for the Fine Print
This is what deregulation looks like from below: fees, confusion, delay, and the quiet disappearance of accountability.
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Sustaining the Unsustainable
Trump’s spectacle of force cannot hide the truth: America is meeting the appetites of the present by stripping future generations of stability, dignity…
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The Baby Panic and the Policy Trap
The American right says the birthrate is collapsing, then backs a family agenda that would make having children harder for millions of women.
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The Whole Racket
War profits for Big Oil, more money for Putin, climate sabotage, and a World Cup no one wants to attend.
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How to Love a Wounded World
On the burning seas, the thinning ice, and the courage to restore the beauty that remains
Apr 14
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Trump’s Blockade of His Own Blockade
His unforced war with Iran is already driving up economic risk, scrambling alliances, and exposing the kakistocracy behind America’s collapsing…
Apr 14
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Collapse as Content
What happens when the institutions meant to defend democracy decide there is more money in narrating the fire than putting it out?
Apr 13
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What to Follow Right Now: The Cost of the Act
The political theater is still running, but the real-world consequences are piling up fast.
Apr 13
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Shanley Hurt
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The Strongmen Are Having a Very Bad Week
Trump threatens war, Orbán falls, Pope Leo stands firm, and reality keeps rudely refusing to cooperate.
Apr 13
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Mary Geddry
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The Frog Patrol and the Soul of the Species
A group of volunteers helping toads reach the marshes is not a huge world event, but it does feel like an argument for staying alive.
Apr 12
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Shanley Hurt
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The Reflexive Absolution of Trump
A failed Iran gambit, fresh domestic corruption, and the ongoing transformation of every Trump aberration into something his movement feels obliged to…
Apr 12
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