The Bowdoin Orient

Harvard Law professor Lawrence Lessig discusses the strategy for ongoing Maine campaign finance litigation

MAINE V. DARK MONEY: Lawrence Lessig speaks in Kresge Auditorium on Wednesday night. Lessig, a Harvard Law professor and ...

The government shutdown is now the longest in U.S. history. See how it compares

As the government shutdown stretches its way into the record books, Americans are feeling its worsening impacts.
Los Angeles Times

A new era of American political violence is upon us. How did we get here? How does it end?

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. The U.S. is in a new era of political violence — one that feels starker than any since the fraught days of 1968, ...

Trump calls for 'nuclear option' to end shutdown. What does it have to do with a filibuster?

Trump has urged Senate Republicans to choose a dramatic strategy as the 2025 government shutdown threatens to become the ...
Monocle

From counterfeit goods to sand mafias: the modern underworld explained

‘Never waste a good crisis’ has become a maxim of modern politics. The same is often true for organised crime, which has long flourished just beneath the surface of our respectable societies and ...