Every January, we make grand resolutions about our finances. We promise ourselves we’ll save more, spend less, and finally get serious about investments. By March, most of these promises were ...

Global military spending is on the rise, while civil society actors who are defending democracy and social justice on the frontlines are receiving less and less funding. Feminist funding offers a ...

On Veterans' Day, middle schoolers from 39 states competed to be crowned the next champion of the National Civics Bee. I was fortunate enough to emerge as the champion of 2024's inaugural edition of ...

Valery Perry weighs US action in Venezuela and warns Europe may need alliances beyond Washington. Valery Perry of the Democratization Policy Council in Europe returns to discuss what U.S. action in ...

Across Europe, concerns about corruption and democratic backsliding are growing. This video examines whether these fears are justified and what’s driving the perception that power is moving away from ...

This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article. The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette announced on Jan. 7, 2026, that it will cease all operations ...

Dominic Tierney is an expert on losers—in the best possible way. The professor's studies of war and its political price are must-read volumes for those looking to understand how force and governance ...

President Donald Trump during a news conference at the Mar-a-Lago Club in Palm Beach, Florida, US, on Jan. 3, 2026, the day U.S. forced captured Venezuela President Nicolas Maduro Credit - Nicole ...

There was a time when we could take them at their word. That time has long passed. That is why we are calling on ICE to halt all operations in Portland until a full and independent investigation can ...

President Trump said Tuesday that Venezuela would begin handing over oil worth up to $3 billion that Trump would dole out “to benefit the people of Venezuela and the United States.” On what legal ...

WHAT IS AMERICA’S plan for Venezuela? Three days after Nicolás Maduro was whisked out of Caracas by American special forces, the Trump administration struggles to give a clear answer. If the raid was ...