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The murder rate in Venezuela has fallen − but both Trump and Maduro are wrong about why
The body of former Venezuelan army officer Ronald Ojeda was found on Feb. 19, 2024,…
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How Elon Musk’s deep ties to – and admiration for – China could complicate Trump’s Beijing policy
Elon Musk holds an outsized influence in the new Trump administration. As head of his…
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I went to CPAC as an anthropologist to see how Trump supporters are feeling − for them, a ‘golden age’ has begun
At the start of his inaugural address on Jan. 20, 2025, President Donald Trump declared,…
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We study mass surveillance for social control, and we see Trump laying the groundwork to ‘contain’ people of color and immigrants
President Donald Trump has vowed to target his political enemies, and experts have warned that…
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Trump’s moves to strip employment protections from federal workers threaten to make government function worse – not better
On top of efforts to fire potentially tens of thousands of federal workers, an early…
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Brazil coup charges could end Bolsonaro’s political career − but they won’t extinguish Bolsonarismo
Brazilian politics are getting more dramatic again. The South American country’s attorney general filed five…
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Trump’s threats on Greenland, Gaza, Ukraine and Panama revive old-school US imperialism of dominating other nations by force, after decades of nuclear deterrence
Imperialist rhetoric is becoming a mark of President Donald Trump’s second term. From asserting that…
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Trump’s move to closer ties with Russia does not mean betrayal of Ukraine, yet – in his first term, Trump was pretty tough on Putin
The United States’ steadfast allegiance to Ukraine during that country’s three-year war against Russia appears…
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How allies have helped the US gain independence, defend freedom and keep the peace – even as the US did the same for our friends
Make Canada angry. Make Mexico angry. Make the members of NATO angry. During the first…
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In pushing for Ukraine elections, Trump is falling into Putin-laid trap to delegitimize Zelenskyy
Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was shut out of the discussions concerning the future of his…