The Trump administration and the precarious state of American public transit The land of the free, the home of the brave, and the nation of the car. Development in the United States since the mid-1900s has been characterized by large-scale investment in highways and private transportation, establishing a deeply entrenched identity as “the nation of […]
Category: Domestic Policy
Why is Affordable Healthcare Political?
Seventeen Republicans break from their party to extend ACA subsidies In a time when every issue is divided along partisan lines, 17 House Republicans put their beliefs over their parties’ goals and voted to extend Affordable Care Act (ACA) subsidies. The decision was in the best interest of the American people, and the Republicans who […]
No More Winning the Lottery
The U.S. government dissolves the Green Card lottery system The actions of one man changed hundreds of thousands of lives. For 36 years, the United States of America has operated the Diversity Immigrant Visa Program (DV), also known as the Green Card Lottery Program. The DV program randomly selects up to 50,000 people to receive […]
Data Boom or Bust?
Weighing the costs and benefits of the data center construction boom What do text messages, video games, YouTube Shorts, and Google searches have in common? They all go through data centers. Over the past several years, the United States has experienced a boom in the construction of data centers, largely driven by increased demand for […]
When Money Becomes Political
What happens when there’s a hostile takeover of the central bank? Until Donald Trump, no president had ever opened a criminal investigation into a chairman of the Federal Reserve. Since he took office for the second time, President Trump has terminated swaths of federal employees and politicized numerous formerly apolitical offices. However, his most unprecedented […]
The Importance of Having Enough Child VaccinesU.S. government implements changes to the childhood vaccine schedule
In December 2025, President Donald Trump ordered that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) research childhood immunization recommendations of other countries. The scientific assessment concluded that the U.S. recommended more vaccines than the majority of other countries. Based on these findings, the CDC cut the number of recommended vaccines from 17 to 11. […]
What Trump’s “Great Healthcare Plan” Means for Americans
President Trump plans to deliver money straight to healthcare patients Once again, President Donald Trump has made a far-fetched promise to the American people: his “Great Healthcare Plan” is a formula that will supposedly deliver money directly to citizens instead of insurance companies. However, many are skeptical about this plan’s execution. Healthcare prices have soared […]
The Demonization of Fonts
The State Department abandons the Calibri font for being “too radical” President Donald Trump and his administration continue to wage war on liberal and progressive ideas. Caught in the crossfire this time is Calibri, a modern, digital sans-serif font. Secretary of State Marco Rubio ordered a stop to the use of the font for official […]
Is the National Guard Really a Threat?
Pointless and illegal military operations fail to intimidate On June 7th, President Donald Trump deployed 4,100 members of the California National Guard to Los Angeles to quell demonstrators protesting raids by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). The troops, usually commanded by California Governor Gavin Newsom, reacted with hostility to peaceful demonstrations and violated major […]
Redrawing Democracy
Texas and California endorse gerrymandering before the 2026 midterm elections seeking a House majority As President Donald Trump finishes his first nine months in office, the statistics tell a drastically different story compared to the platform on which the Republican Party campaigned. His hopes of reforming the job market and creating a “manufacturing renaissance” are […]