by Kasey Olympiev | Apr 15, 2025 | Boston University
The United States is rich. In fact, almost ridiculously so; to illustrate, according to the IMF’s World Economic Outlook for 2025, the U.S. sits proudly at the apex of worldwide rankings, with an estimate of $30.34 trillion in GDP. In second place? China—with...
by Kadence Jackson | Mar 7, 2025 | The University of Alabama
“The assumption was that voters would be turned off by seeing Trump for what he is — authoritarian, pitiless, hateful — and would recognize him as a kind of Hitler.” “Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has compared US President Donald Trump’s “America First”...
by Lucy Rothe | Mar 3, 2025 | The University of Alabama
The growing unpopularity for America providing foreign aid to Ukraine during its conflict with Russia signals a troubling shift towards isolationism. The United States, the world’s most involved superpower, retreating from fighting against an authoritarian sets a...
by India Clarke | Feb 17, 2025 | Boston University
When President Trump campaigned for a second term in office, he promised to cut what he referred to as government waste, fraud and abuse. He tasked Elon Musk, shortly after his election, with locating the alleged financial mismanagement and use through the Department...
by Leon Miller | Feb 14, 2025 | Boston University
For those concerned with U.S. democracy, it should suffice to say that this year has been off to a tumultuous start. With Donald Trump’s return to the White House, exhibiting his all too familiar chaotic bravado, the sphere of public discourse has been upended into a...
