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The Headless Party: Inside the Democrats’ Search for Identity in the Age of Trump

Jolynda WangOctober 20, 2025October 19, 2025

The Democratic Party finds itself in a leadership vacuum. The 2024 presidential election was a devastating loss that brought Donald Trump back to the White House, Republicans in control of both chambers of Congress, and the Supreme Court solidly conservative.

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Japan’s Demographic Conundrum: Echoes from an Aging Nation

Tyler SapsfordMarch 8, 2017March 9, 2017

Simply put, Japan faces a dire shortage of kids and millennials, and the country is already feeling the socioeconomic consequences.

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Not a Game: Brazil in Crisis on the Eve of the Olympics

Sonny StephensJuly 4, 2016

The President of Brazil, Dilma Rousseff is on trial for impeachment, and the three people in line to replace her may soon be too. Wracked with a crashing economy, corruption protests, and the Zika virus, Rio prepares for the 2016 Summer Olympics.

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Selling the Recession: Hollywood and the Financial Crisis

Sarah DonilonApril 16, 2016

A new wave of films seek to capture the 2008 Financial Crisis, but do they do justice to its economic complexities?

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