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Critical State: Trump's Trade War with Canada Threatens His Own Party
Trade talks between the United States and Canada collapsed over the weekend, and President Donald Trump responded by imposing 50% tariffs on a wide range of Canadian goods, prompting Ottawa to retaliate with tariffs on targeted American exp...
Sudan’s Medicine Crisis, the PKK’s Future, Trump’s Crusade, and More
A PKK flag flies next to the Kurdish Regional Government’s flag in Kirkuk, Iraq (Levy Clancy/Wikimedia Commons)
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You may not hear much about it from the headlines, but since war broke out in Sudan more than three years ago...
Critical State: Why Naval Families Are Furious with Trump and Hegseth
United States President Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth recently dismissed concerns about servicemembers deployed for abnormally long periods on warships throughout the Iran war. Now, naval families are reacting with outrage...
Trump’s Golden Dome, Nuclear Deterrence, Refugee Deaths, and More
Trump addresses military leadership in Quantico in September 2025 (Daniel Torok/White House/Wikimedia Commons)
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With the expiration of the New START treaty between the United States and Russia earlier this year, nuclear we...
Critical State: Gulf States Concede Iran’s Control of the Strait of Hormuz
At The Wall Street Journal, Summer Said and Benoit Faucon cover Persian Gulf energy producers’ conclusion that Iranian control over the Strait of Hormuz will likely become permanent, disrupting oil and gas exports and global energy supplies...
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I'm a journalist from Texas and the managing editor of Inkstick Media. I'm also the author of three books, most recently including "You Can Kill Each Other After I Leave: Refugees, Fascism, and Bloodshed in Greece."
Writer. Bylines in Inkstick, The Guardian, Rolling Stone and more.
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