Pax Americana
When people think of peace, they don’t usually think of tanks, fighter jets, or missile silos. But when it comes to Pax Americana—the era of global order built by the United States after WWII—military power was the steel frame holding it all together. It wasn’t about
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“For transporting us beyond Seas to be tried for pretended offences…” When the Founders wrote that line in the Declaration of Independence, they weren’t being poetic—they were making a legal and moral accusation. Under British rule, colonists were sometimes seized and shipped across the Atlantic to face trial
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Let this sink in… the President of the United States is actively discussing sending U.S. citizens to terrorist prisons in El Salvador—effectively deporting them. The Daily Beast The president discussed the proposal during a conversation with Bukele—an ally in his agenda to expel undocumented immigrants without due
Pax Americana
When World War II ended in 1945, much of the world lay in ruins. Cities across Europe and Asia were bombed-out husks. Millions were dead or displaced. Economies had collapsed. The old powers—Britain, France, Germany, Japan—were broken, bankrupt, or discredited. But not the United States. In fact,
Pax Americana
After World War II, the world looked to the United States for leadership—and the U.S. stepped up in a big way. What followed was something historians later called Pax Americana, Latin for “American Peace.” But what does that actually mean? And why should you care in 2025? Let’
Pax Americana
For most of the last 80 years, the United States didn’t just lead the world—it built the system the world runs on. We called it Pax Americana—Latin for “American Peace.” It promised prosperity, order, and stability—at home and abroad. And for a while, it delivered. But
Pax Americana
Over the past few weeks, Exploring Division has been about one thing: understanding the deep political rifts tearing through the U.S.—how we got here, what’s fueling the fire, and whether anything can truly bring us back from the brink. That work’s not done yet. There are
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On May 25, 2020, the world watched a horrifying video: a police officer in Minneapolis knelt on George Floyd’s neck for over nine minutes, ignoring his cries of “I can’t breathe.” George Floyd was an unarmed Black man. His death was painful to watch — and it sparked something
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In 2018, a bombshell hit the world of social media and politics. A company called Cambridge Analytica had quietly gathered personal data from millions of Facebook users—without their permission. This data was then used to target voters with political ads during the 2016 election, trying to influence how people
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The Atlantic The justices ordered the government to seek the return of a man whom it had wrongfully deported. …the Supreme Court upheld part of a lower-court decision ordering the Trump administration to seek to retrieve Kilmar Abrego Garcia, whom—as The Atlantic first reported—the administration has acknowledged
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When COVID-19 hit in 2020, it wasn’t just a health crisis—it became a stress test for American democracy. What started as a shared emergency quickly turned into yet another battleground in the nation’s growing divide. Freedom vs. Responsibility At first, Americans seemed united. People applauded healthcare
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Democracy Docket The GOP bill, a direct product of President Donald Trump’s decade-long obsession with illegal voting, would require documentary proof of citizenship for voter registration, bar states from counting late-arriving mail ballots, and dramatically infringe on states’ authority to run elections. The SAVE Act still faces