Every sanction that ordinary citizens have ever possessed—the ability to withhold labor, taxes, sons, or votes—presupposes someone who needs what you can withhold. As AI infrastructure encroaches on Americans, they are learning the lesson of many resource-rich states: where there is no need, there is no democracy.
This photo taken on April 21, 2025 shows a customer walking past a display of instant noodles at a branch of Japanese discount retailer Don Quijote, also known overseas as Don Don Donki, in the Shibuya district of central Tokyo. (Photo by Richard A. Brooks / AFP) (Photo by RICHARD A. BROOKS/AFP via Getty Images)…
President Donald Trump points to someone in the crowd after speaking at a campaign rally for Sen. Darline Graham, R-S.C., at Myrtle Beach Convention Center in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, Aug. 21, 2026. Saul Loeb | AFP | Getty Images President Donald Trump’s oil and gas stock holdings may have gained as much as $15.5…
Gold is attempting to recover after Tuesday’s selloff, with price trading near 4,136 at the time of this analysis. The key message for gold traders today is that 4,121-4,129 is not a clean bearish breakdown zone. It is a support and decision area. Bulls still need a sustained move above 4,156-4,157 to improve the outlook,…
One of the most heavily-traded ETFs tracking performance in the U.S. Treasury market has just fallen to its lowest level in over 20 years.
Timely high school completion is a critical step in successful transitions to post-secondary schooling and the labor market. This randomized controlled trial, deployed in two urban, disadvantaged school districts, tests the effectiveness of a mature and comprehensive student-support program on an unusually large scale (n=2,528). While overall effects on graduation rates are small and statistically…
