Politics Archive
Archives for April 2025


The Court’s Christian right makeover of the Constitution enters its endgame.


Fewer people are dying from opioid overdoses. Trump threatens that progress.


His administration is great at breaking things — but it’s failing in its bigger goal.


Could it make a real war more likely?


The attack on climate science continues.


The potential and limits of “baby bonuses.”


The first 6.8 percent of Trump 2.0, briefly explained.


Amid the chaos of President Trump’s second term, four key domains are shaping the future of American governance — and the nation’s global standing.


Trump filled the Supreme Court bench with anti-government saboteurs. But will they sabotage him?


Trump’s “51st state” talk brought Canada’s Liberals back from the dead — and undermined a key American alliance.


The vaunted news program is under attack.


It could be a brand-new day for Canadian politics.


A political scientist explains “oligarchy” and argues that America has earned that label.


Examining what’s underneath the “Republican makeup” look.


The arrest escalates the Trump administration’s fight with local municipalities over deportations.