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The Council on Foreign Relations explains how since Fidel Castro’s ascent to power in 1959, U.S.-Cuba ties have endured a nuclear crisis, a long Cuban embargo, and political hostilities. The diplomatic relationship remained frozen well beyond the end of the Cold War but moved toward normalization during the administration of...
Gold Clause Cases (1935) is the 62nd landmark Supreme Court case, the 26th in the Economics module, featured in the KTB Prep American Government and Civics series designed to acquaint users with the origins, concepts, organizations, and policies of the United States government and political system. The goal is greater...
Wickard v. Filburn (1942) is the 80th landmark Supreme Court case, 34th in the Economics module, featured in the KTB Prep American Government and Civics series designed to acquaint users with the origins, concepts, organizations, and policies of the United States government and political system. The goal is greater familiarization...
Blexit is a symptom of the the GOP narrative about black voters; namely, that we’re stuck on the “Democratic plantation“. This is evidenced by the Candace Owens led, and formerly Kanye approved, #blexit. However, black voters, like the vast majority of all voters, are actually rational actors who vote in...
“Whatcha got ain’t nothin new. This country’s hard on people, you can’t stop what’s coming, it ain’t all waiting on you. That’s vanity.” – Ellis, No Country for Old Men (2007) Harry Truman was not a national or worldly figure. Many people were appalled that an ignoramus from Missouri, an...
“Whatcha got ain’t nothin new. This country’s hard on people, you can’t stop what’s coming, it ain’t all waiting on you. That’s vanity.” – Ellis, No Country for Old Men (2007) FDR was intelligent but not brilliant. He was pampered as the only child of aristocrats. He was crippled by...
Capitalism is an economic and political system in which a country’s trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit, rather than by the state. Richard Wolff defines socialism as democratically deciding who makes what, how that’s organized, and what we do with the surplus. It knocks down...
With the world’s population growing and industrialization rising, competition for raw materials is intensifying, raising concerns about access to key natural resources for global consumption. In a globalized world, competition for limited resources igniting conflict is not unreasonable; however, an alternative rationale suggesting cooperation as an outcome of resource competition is...
While Democratic President LBJ shepherded the 1964 Civil Rights Act to passage, 80 percent of Republicans in the House voted aye against 61 percent of Democrats. In the Senate, 82 percent of Republicans favored the law, but only 69 percent of Democrats. What the hell happened? Barry Goldwater...