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I regret it, but George Santayana’s famous statement, “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it,” is misleading at best. The statement implies that if we do

In contentious political environments, economic data rarely stand as objective measures. They are transformed into talking points and wielded to justify policies as much as to describe reality. A monthly jobs report, a…

In contentious political environments, economic data rarely stand as objective measures. They are transformed into talking points and wielded to justify policies as much as to describe reality. A monthly

It took 20 years to defeat Evo Morales’s Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) in Bolivia through elections. Two decades of political battle lines, along with a so-called “cultural war,” run deep in the region. MAS rose to power…

It took 20 years to defeat Evo Morales’s Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) in Bolivia through elections. Two decades of political battle lines, along with a so-called “cultural war,” run deep

Life is busy for twenty-first century women, and Venezuela’s Maria Corina Machado is no exception. There are a lot of plates to keep spinning—keeping track of adult children living abroad, exposing a rigged national election,…

Life is busy for twenty-first century women, and Venezuela’s María Corina Machado is no exception. There are a lot of plates to keep spinning—keeping track of adult children living abroad,

Progressives like Isabella Weber, who has influenced Kamala Harris on price gouging and Zohran Mamdani on rent control, are campaigning for what they call anti-fascist economics. What does that even

Progressives like Isabella Weber, who has influenced Kamala Harris on price gouging and Zohran Mamdani on rent control, are campaigning for what they call anti-fascist economics. What does that even mean?  Weber, a…