What’s the legal issue at stake in this court case? Katz: In Minnesota v. Noem, attorneys for the state are arguing that the federal government is acting illegally by intruding on a sphere of state ...

There’s a small point I want to make about this issue of state power as a bulwark about corrupt efforts to overthrow the constitutional order. It’s a small point and it’s perhaps implicit in the ...

Since the start of his second term, U.S. President Donald Trump has been dismantling the traditional channels of American soft power. The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) is no longer ...

Minnesota Episcopal Bishop Craig Loya was 300 miles from home when he first heard the news that Renee Nicole Good had been fatally shot by an ICE agent in Minneapolis. Inside a Benedictine monastery ...

The Missouri Secretary of State may be given additional subpoena power to investigate complaints of election fraud.

A basic premise unites most foreign policy thinking: power begets security. Because no global police force can respond in times of trouble, states must accumulate power to ensure their safety. They ...

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