The Kinks, ‘Party Line’: The Week In One Song
I can't speak without an interception / This is private, please get off my line Journalist Jeffrey Goldberg gets inadvertently invited into the Trump administration’s war planning party line. The post...
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U.S. democracy is under attack. Here are some lessons for democracy’s defenders.
A global study of democratic backsliding and resilience offers ways to resist authoritarian attacks. Protest sign in Concord, New Hampshire, March 8, 2025 (cc) Marc Nozell, via Flickr. The United...
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Presidential assertions of power over the bureaucracy are nothing new
Trump has supercharged the GOP playbook, however. Protests against layoffs at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau in Washington, DC, on Feb. 10, 2025 (cc) Elvert Barnes, via Flickr. President...
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Sartorial diplomacy in the White House
The symbolism of President Zelenskyy’s Oval Office attire – and its historical precedents. President Trump clashes with Ukrainian President Zelenskyy in the Oval Office on Feb. 28, 2025 (cc) White...
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Good Chat: About those Trump tariffs…
Todd Tucker discusses the April 2 tariff announcement, and what comes next. (cc) Russellstreet; image combined on Canva.com. With the Trump administration announcing globally widespread tariffs in...
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South Korea survived this democratic challenge. What’s next?
The impeachment of President Yoon Suk Yeol is a critical first step in reversing the country’s authoritarian slide. South Koreans turn out in December 2024 to protest President Yoon’s sudden...
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From hip-hop to the Hilltop: Can Cory Booker and Gen X fight the power?
Booker’s epic 25-hour speech in the U.S. Senate is a rallying cry for America. Sen. Cory Booker delivered a 25-hour, 4-minute speech, setting a record in the U.S. Senate (screencap courtesy of...
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Good to Know: Antisemitism in America
Why is antisemitism now on the rise? Photo by D A V I D S O N L U N A on Unsplash; icombined via Canva. Antisemitism has resurfaced as a prominent issue in the United States, from college campuses to...
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South Africa-U.S. relations hit new hurdles
The latest on hits to trade and HIV programs – and a controversial refugee program for white Afrikaners. South Africa and U.S. flags (cc) GovernmentZA, via Flickr. Relations between the United States...
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On trade, public opinion is already moving away from Trump
Thermostatic politics rears its head once again. Shipping cranes at the Port of Oakland (cc) Lois Elling, via Flickr. A while back, Good Authority contributor Alexander Kustov wrote the definitive...
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