Category: Explainers
Wisconsin farmers who backed Trump stand to gain welfare-style handouts thanks to his failed tariff war
Donald Trump announced a proposed $12 billion farm aid package on December 8, marketing it as a...
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Legal challenge to birthright citizenship revives Korematsu’s warning on who counts as an American
The question “Am I an American or am I not?” was uttered more than eight decades ago by Fred...
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How economic turmoil from Trump’s tariffs could trigger political shifts similar to prewar Japan
A century after the protectionist wave of the early 20th century reshaped global markets and...
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Russia outlines plan to rebuild its armored forces in preparation for large-scale war with NATO
In its most recent intelligence assessment, the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) reported that...
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A diminished Russia risks losing control of Far East territory as China and North Korea expand influence
Russia’s remote Far Eastern territories are becoming the focal point of what Ukrainian...
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From Bavaria to Milwaukee: A Christmas devil’s long march into local German-American traditions
Krampus, the horned companion to St. Nicholas, had been part of the Alpine winter landscape for...
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