Will China Benefit from Permanent One-Man Rule?
The prospect of an indefinite tenure worries both detractors and supporters of President Xi Jinping, the man poised to become China’s most powerful leader since Mao Zedong.
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What’s Buried in the Missing JFK Documents?
Several months ago, the National Archives claimed that essentially all of the documents related to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy had been made public. Now it appears there are thousands more yet unreleased.
Trump’s ‘Kill ‘Em All’ Approach
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Judicial Activism: Liberal Overreach or Republican Dog Whistle?
For decades, conservatives have panned left-leaning judges for disregarding constitutional protocol to enact a “liberal agenda.” But history shows these critics should take a good look at their own side before rushing to judgement.
Private Prisons Make a Buck with Inhumane Treatment of Immigrants
What is it like in an ICE prison? A former detainee describes the often inhuman conditions in which prisoners are kept.
Billy Graham, Willing Pawn for Politicians
With the passing of Billy Graham, we can expect all the usual homilies and hagiographies. But there’s another side to the role of such very public “men of God” in America’s cynical politics.
FBI Whistleblower: America’s Culture of Violence Starts With Perpetual Wars
Coleen Rowley, a former FBI special agent and whistleblower on the failures of the FBI on 9/11, looks at mass shootings as a consequence of the US fighting perpetual wars.
Trump’s Affair With a Porn Star Shouldn’t Matter (Much)
President Donald Trump should be judged by what he does in office and not what he did with a consenting adult years ago.
The AR-15: Weapon of Choice for Mass Shooters
Fourteen teenage students will never get to go to prom or attend college, but somehow this tragedy feels like just another chapter rather than a plot twist in America’s tortured narrative about guns.
Plundering Iraq’s Oil Wealth
The extraordinary, yet somewhat predictable, story of how the Iraqi people lost out as their country’s oil wealth was squandered as a result of corruption, deceit, political infighting, Western meddling and tribal conflicts.
Trump Lawyer Michael Cohen: Beyond Porn Star Payments, Russia Angle
Michael Cohen, one of President Donald Trump’s personal lawyers, claims that he paid porn star Stormy Daniels — who reportedly had an affair with Trump in 2006 — $130,000 out of his own pocket shortly before the 2016 presidential election. But who is Michael Cohen? WhoWhatWhy found out some fascinating things about this Trump confidant. As with almost everything in this saga, there’s a Russian angle.
Tillerson State Department Cuts
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