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The Silence That Followed Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
For decades, public recognition of Martin Luther King Jr. Day has been a presidential constant. When that recognition becomes delayed, conditional, or optional, it raises a deeper question about how power remembers and what it chooses to forget.
Triston Grant
Jan 233 min read


The Fairness Question: What Transgender Athletes Reveal About How We Define Equality.
As the Supreme Court prepares to rule on transgender athlete bans, America confronts a collision between competing visions of justice. On January 13, 2026, the Supreme Court will hear arguments in two cases that distill one of the most contentious questions in contemporary American law: What does fairness mean when fundamental rights collide? The cases involve two transgender athletes Lindsay Hecox, a 24-year-old seeking to compete on Boise State's women's track team, and B.P
Triston Grant
Jan 134 min read


Nicolás Maduro: From Chávez's Heir to the End of an Era
Nicolás Maduro Moros, born on November 23, 1962, in a working-class neighborhood of Caracas, rose from a bus driver and trade union leader to become one of the most polarizing figures in modern Latin American politics. A devoted follower of Hugo Chávez, Maduro served as foreign minister and vice president before succeeding his mentor as president of Venezuela in 2013. His 12-year rule, marked by deepening authoritarianism, economic catastrophe, mass migration, and internation
Triston Grant
Jan 43 min read


The Great Firing: Trump’s War on Bureaucracy, or Just Bureaucracy as War?
Trump is back, and this time he’s not tweeting, he’s firing. Thousands of federal employees, gone overnight, the largest reduction in force in modern U.S. history. Officially, it’s about “efficiency.” Unofficially, it’s about power. The headlines call it a “restructuring,” but the language feels familiar; cleansing, draining, cutting. Words that sound managerial but echo something darker. The president who once promised to “drain the swamp” has finally pulled the plug, and Wa
Triston Grant
Oct 12, 20252 min read


Kamala Harris Has Entered Her "What's Really Going on?" Era
She’s not running, she’s reflecting and maybe reminding us that politics was never supposed to be this absurd. Harris is back, and she’s tired of pretending otherwise. At a Los Angeles book event, she leaned into the mic and dropped what might be the most relatable line of her career: “These mothaf–kas are crazy.” The crowd roared. Twitter exploded. For a moment, America agreed on something: Kamala said what everyone was already thinking. The moment was funny, but it was als
Triston Grant
Oct 12, 20252 min read
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