Citizenship by investment schemes drive up housing prices and do little to drive economic growth.
Trump Wants to Sell Citizenship to Rich People. Take It from Other Countries — It’s a Bad Idea
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Democracy & Governance
Soft Power Divide: China Advances While U.S. Retreats
U.S. cultural dominance, once unquestioned, is facing increasing competition from Chinese cultural products and digital platforms.
The Arrogance of Power Revived
Trump’s humiliation of Ukraine’s leader in the White House was a demonstration of president as bully.
The Trump-Musk Cultural Revolution
The MAGA crowd doesn’t want just regime change. It wants to root out all vestiges of progressivism, liberalism, and secularism from American society.
The U.S. Needs Mass Rallies in Defense of Democracy
The example of Poland provides a model of how to defeat the far right.
Crypto Bros Are Trying to Bankrupt Honduras for Scuttling Their Private Cities
After throwing off its narco-dictatorship, Honduras is trying to take its cities back from U.S.-based libertarians.
Serbian Students to Government: “You Have Blood on Your Hands”
For 15 minutes each day for the last three months, the uninterrupted silence in Serbia is an impressive manifestation of power, unity, and determination.
Trump’s Scare Tactics
Donald Trump is Scary Movie 6. How much is spoof and how much is genuine horror?
The End of American Democracy?
Is America’s political future either a coup or a civil war?
Required Reading: Hillbilly Elegy
J.D. Vance’s book reveals the contradictions and flawed hopes at the core of the MAGA movement.