It was founding father John Adams who first suggested that Americans should throw an annual party — a “great anniversary festival” — to celebrate the nation’s independence from England. In a July 3, 1776, letter to his beloved wife Abigail, America’s second president wrote, “It ought to be solemnized with pomp and parade, with shows, games, sports, […]
One economist warned the tariffs would amount to the “largest tax increase… that has ever been imposed” on working-class families. The trade war that U.S. President Donald Trump launched over the weekend by announcing sweeping new tariffs on imports from Canada, Mexico, and China drew intense criticism from experts and analysts across the ideological spectrum, including those who believe […]
“I really believe the situation is very dangerous,” said one Russian politics expert during a week in which the two countries exchanged strikes. Voices on both sides of the war between Russia and Ukraine have issued ominous statements during a week when the two countries traded escalatory missile strikes. Russia launched a strike on the Ukrainian city […]
“I watched them shoot my grandfather, first in the chest and then in the head. Then they killed my granny,” said one survivor who was just 8 years old during the attack by U.S. Marines. After years of working with Iraqis whose relatives were killed by U.S. Marines in the 2005 Haditha massacre, American journalists […]