Until recently, I thought it a term best avoided. But now, the resemblances are too many and too strong to deny.

When historians examine President Trump, they will inevitably document his extraordinary power abuse. But Trump’s rogue ...

This year, young people from Mexico to Madagascar to Nepal have protested corruption. But what, exactly, is corruption? And ...

FBI search of a Washington Post reporter’s home on Jan. 14, 2026, was a rare and intimidating move by an administration ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) The Venezuela attack represents the clearest example during Trump’s second presidency ...

The U.S. military operation in Venezuela and capture of President Nicolás Maduro on Jan. 3, 2026, topped off months of military buildup and targeted strikes in the Caribbean Sea. It fulfills President ...

Houston, we have a problem … And I mean Houston literally and humorously. America today is pretty much an autocratic plutocracy. That is a technical political term: “a system of governance where ...

Once, every middle-class home had a piano and a dictionary. The purpose of the piano was to be able to listen to music before phonographs were available and affordable. Later on, it was to torture ...

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I have been thinking a lot about this shutdown and what it reveals about the balance of power between Congress and the Executive Branch. While the human impact is heartbreaking, there is also a deeper ...