Alison O'Leary
Trump Called the Affordability Crisis a “Hoax.” Here’s Why That Backfired.
On paper, macroeconomic indicators suggest stabilization: inflation has largely cooled to levels approaching the Federal Reserve's targets. However,…
Traffic Lights Are Being Reprogrammed to Stop You From Speeding
For the better part of a century, the American traffic signal has operated under a single directive: maximize…
Trump’s Likely Fed Pick: Who Kevin Hassett Is and What He’d Do
Kevin Hassett has emerged as an intellectual "architect" of new economic thinking: one that seeks to dismantle the…
How Universal Basic Income Might Make Sense in the Age of AI
Universal Basic Income has moved from academic theory to mainstream policy debate. The shift stems from several converging…
Why Your Utility Bills Are Rising in 2025
American households are paying more for electricity, natural gas, and water than ever before. As of November 2025,…
Why the U.S. Has an Asylum System and Why Trump Is Trying to End It
The United States asylum system is one of the most complex, contentious, and critical components of the nation's…
US Asylum Policy: How America Compares to Other Countries
For the moment, the United States has fundamentally changed its asylum system. For decades, the US maintained an…
The Proposed 2025 Ukraine Peace Deal: How NATO’s Security Architecture Is Being Rewritten
The geopolitical map of Europe is being redrawn. Not by the shifting frontlines of the Donbas, but by…
REAL ID Enforcement: What Changed in 2025 and the New $45 TSA Fee
For nearly two decades, the implementation of the REAL ID Act of 2005 has loomed on the horizon:…
The Laws of War: How the US Follows (and Doesn’t Follow) International Rules
War is chaos, but it's also one of the most strictly regulated human activities. For the United States,…
The U.S. Military Killed Survivors in a Boat Strike. Here’s Who Could Face Charges.
On September 2, 2025, a United States military strike targeted a vessel allegedly operated by the Venezuelan gang…
Why Trump Pardoned a Former Honduran President Convicted of Drug Trafficking
President Donald Trump exercised his executive clemency power on November 28, 2025, to pardon Juan Orlando Hernández, the…
A History of American Nativism: From the Alien Acts to Trump’s Proposed “Third World” Ban
President Trump's response to the recent National Guard shooting went far beyond the incident itself. In a late-night…
An Analysis of Trump’s Proposed “Third World” Migration Ban
President Donald Trump, through his preferred medium of social media, announced a directive to "permanently pause migration from…
What Trump and Mamdani Have in Common (and How They Are Different)
The political history of the United States in 2025 is defined by a stark convergence of opposing forces.…