When the World Stops Trusting Us This week, as U.S. and Iranian officials sit down in Islamabad for talks to figure out what comes next after 40 days of war, a new round of polling dropped that tells a…
You’re Already Registered. You Just Don’t Know It Yet. Something slipped under the radar this week while everyone was watching oil prices and ceasefire negotiations. Quietly, without much fanfare, the government moved forward on a policy that every parent,…
We Were 90 Minutes From World War. Let’s be honest with each other about what just happened. At around 6:30 Tuesday evening, less than two hours before a presidential deadline that threatened to level Iranian civilian infrastructure, we stepped…
We spend a lot of time debating how we look to each other here at home. Red versus blue, left versus right, who is winning the argument of the day, even who looks the best in designer duds. But…
It is getting harder to tell where the line is anymore. What started as a military operation now sounds like something else entirely, and the tone alone tells you this is moving in a direction that should make all…
We are being told this war is about strength, deterrence, and finishing the job. But the deeper we get into it, the more the picture starts to look less like strategy and more like drift. On the one hand,…
Can you feel it? There’s a shift happening in our economy. It shows up at the gas pump, in the grocery store, in the way we are prioritizing our big purchases — and now the polls are catching up…
We could be forgiven believing Trump’s latest executive order is a very bad April Fool’s joke. It’s not! Remember all those voter lists that red states eagerly handed over to this administration? We all wondered why. We don’t have…
If you are feeling a little confused about where we are in the Iran war, you are not alone. One day it is over. The next day it is almost over. Then it is close to victory but not…
As someone who started their professional career as an early participant of the bilingual program in elementary schools, I’m sickened by what some GOP leadership are proposing. They are having a conversation right now that would have been unthinkable…
Money is one of the few things in this country that feels neutral. It passes through all of our hands without asking who we voted for or what we believe. So when the government decides to put a sitting…
There is something about the phrase “final blow” that sounds clean, decisive and ominous. Like you hit hard, wrap it up, leave damage, collateral or otherwise, and move on. But history has a way of reminding us that wars…
Critics of the current President are unanimous — they don’t trust the guy. His blatant lies border on the ridiculous and absurd. Though he tries to sell his lies with a straight face, and sometimes a whiteboard and marker,…
If your gas bill or electric bill made you pause this month, you are not imagining it. And if it feels like every trip to the pump costs more than the last one, you are not alone either. What…
Most Americans do not need a deep dive into foreign policy to know when something feels off. And right now, a lot of people are looking at the war with Iran and asking a basic question: What is the…
Global consensus is that we, the United States, has lost its way. Case in point, the Iran attack. The US clearly has had one main objective with the country, keep Iran from having a nuclear weapon. So what happens…
Latinos already have too few leaders whose trailblazing efforts rise to the level of national recognition and pride. And now, that short list feels even shorter. What happens when one of the most iconic figures in Latino history, someone…
Love them or hate them, polls can be useful. They break down public sentiment in such detail to get a better picture of the mood of the country at any given moment, not just what people are saying out…
Are we really surprised that when the United States suddenly asks for help in a global crisis, some of our closest allies are giving us the cold shoulder? That question is hanging in the air after several U.S. allies…
We all grew up believing the same story. We’re the country that defends democracy, stabilizes the world when things go wrong, and shows up when our allies need us. Before these times, there was little reason to doubt it….
We have unfortunately gotten used to this president hawking everything from sneakers to trading cards to make a buck off the highest office in the world. Where at one time that kind of behavior might have shocked or disgusted…
Here is the strange contradiction a lot of people are living with right now. The stock market keeps hitting record highs and average 401(k) balances are rising. But at the same time more Americans are digging into their retirement…
We can’t think of the current President without remembering his infamous declaration of (paraphrasing, of course)shooting somebody and getting away with it. As we examine his ‘style’ in office, it’s not just a flippant phrase but a mantra he…
It’s bad enough that trust in our electoral system is at an all-time low, but the way Trump is threatening his party to pass the “SAVE America Act” isn’t just giving credence to that belief — it’s validating it….
Ever since Trump won the 2024 election, rumors have persisted that he had no intention of leaving the White House again. Legally, of course, he can’t do it. Yet, this administration is trying its darnedest to ensure he and…
