Blockchain and cryptocurrencies are among the most disruptive technologies of the 21st century. Since Bitcoin’s inception in 2009, these innovations have expanded far beyond their initial...
REPUBLICANS ON CAPITOL HILL have a reputation for infighting and not getting much done. January 3rd, the first day of the 119th Congress, featured plenty of...
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CLAD IN RED baseball caps, draped in the American flag and cheering for Donald Trump, the MAGA movement can be rather brash. Yet one of the...
The residents of Bristol, Tennessee and Bristol, Virginia share a border, a downtown and even a nascar speedway. But thanks to the quirks of American federalism,...
In his memoir Jimmy Carter recalls trying to copy the habits of black boys. In his poor peanut-farming community his closest confidants did not share his...
WHEN MAKING New Year’s resolutions few have violence on their minds. That was evidently not the case for Shamsud-Din Jabbar, a 42-year-old American citizen and military...
WHEN MAKING New Year’s resolutions few have violence on their minds. That was evidently not the case for Shamsud-Din Jabbar, a 42-year-old American citizen and military...
America’s Supreme Court is due to weigh the platform’s fate on January 10th
EACH YEAR FOR a few frigid days in January volunteers fan out across cities, towns and rural areas to try to count every homeless person in...