Friday, October 23, 2026
A remittance and currency exchange shop. Photo: NAU JAG 202 HWOAM / CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Outpacing Foreign Aid, Migrant Remittances Are a Lifeline Ensuring Families Are Fed and Healthy,...

Migrants now send home more money than foreign aid, and this is pulling rural families out of poverty, according to IFAD.
Main street in Webster, Iowa. Photo: Tony Webster / CC BY-SA 2.0

Trump’s Immigration Crackdown Divides Rural Voters, KFF-AP Poll Finds

Many rural voters say immigrants are a key part of their local economy, but views on whether President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown has had positive or negative effects on their communities are split.

The rage of billionaires and the frenzy to stop Zohran Mamdani from becoming New...

That strategy is now striking fear into the hard hearts of insatiably greedy billionaires.

Trump’s chief of staff pick worked as a tobacco lobbyist during 2024 campaign

Susie Wiles, a central figure in Trump’s 2024 campaign, also worked as a registered lobbyist for Swisher International, a major tobacco company, as recently as this year.

Historical Heroes: Cincinnatus, Washington and Whipple

We do not educate our children to follow in their footsteps.

New House bill seeks 18-year term limits for Supreme Court justices

A new proposal to impose term limits on Supreme Court justices has reignited national debate over ethics scandals, partisan rulings, and the growing concentration of power inside the nation’s highest court.

War: Where 69¢ of Each of Your Tax Dollars Goes

A high majority of U.S. tax dollars are not going to schools, universities, parks, roads, science, environment, or health, but to war. In order to shy away from this type of militaristic government, we need a peace president and congress.

Trump’s second term delivers massive gains for billionaires as working Americans face cuts and...

New data and polling show wealth surging at the top under Donald Trump while healthcare, food assistance, and affordability erode for millions.

An Indian billionaire was targeted by Trump. Then he poured money into a startup...

An obscure Texas firm secretly connected to the president’s son said it received at least $100 million from Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Industries. At the same time, the Ambani family secured major policy wins from the Trump administration.

What version of democracy will prevail?

A mix of parliamentary, presidential, and semi-presidential systems defines the world’s democracies today. Growing concerns over democratic decline raise questions about which models adapt best.