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85 Reports
USAID Saved Lives and Wasted Money: Should It Have Been Destroyed?
USAID saved millions of lives and drew decades of credible criticism. Inside the case for dismantling it, the case for saving it, and what its loss means.
Silver or Lead: How Cartels Capture Mexican Elections
Mexico's 2024 vote was its deadliest on record. Here is how cartel competition turned local candidates into targets and what it means for democracy.
The Skeletons in Putin's Closet: Four Critics Who Died Defying the Kremlin
How a journalist, two oligarchs, and an opposition leader met suspicious deaths after crossing Vladimir Putin, and what their fates reveal about Russian power.
Spain's Half-Million Residency Decree: Why Pedro Sánchez Bucked Europe on Immigration
Pedro Sánchez's royal decree grants residency to as many as 800,000 undocumented migrants. The economic case, the political risk, and why it could break his government.
Sweden's Integration Problem: How a Safe Haven Became a Cautionary Tale
How Sweden's hands-off integration model collided with record migration, fueling gang violence, parallel societies, and a political earthquake.
Syria Is a Narco-State: Inside the Captagon Empire and How to Dismantle It
For half a century Syria ran a state-protected drug empire built on Captagon. With Assad gone, the labs survive. Here is what it takes to flush them out.
The American Economy Isn't Ready for AI
AI displacement is showing up in US hiring data while profits soar. HomeFronts examines the consumer death spiral, strained households, and a policy vacuum.
The Great American Breakup: Could the USA Split Into New Nations?
Most Americans feel more divided than united. HomeFronts maps what a national divorce would actually require, and why a clean break may be impossible.
The Luigi Mangione Trial, Explained: Why America Can't Look Away
Luigi Mangione faces murder and federal charges over the UnitedHealthcare CEO killing. Here is the case, the evidence fight, and why it has gripped America.
The Middle East's Looming Water Crisis: Desalination, Drought, and War
Climate change and a widening war over Iran are pushing the Middle East's fragile water supply toward a breaking point. Here is why it matters.
The New War Hawks: How Western Liberals Became the New Defense Spenders
Why Western liberals embraced rearmament while the right turned isolationist, and how a decade of global disorder reversed the old politics of defense.
The US National Debt: Is America's $37 Trillion a Ticking Time Bomb?
America's debt is nearing $37 trillion and interest now outstrips defense. How the US went from surplus to spiral, and why every easy fix falls short.