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Sexual Assault Thrives in Silence

Co-founder of the United Farm Workers Association, Dolores Huerta, August 16, 2025 in Austin, Texas.

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Sexual Assault Thrives in Silence

Dolores Huerta broke her silence 60 years after Cesar Chavez had assaulted her. In her statement, Dolores Huerta said, “I carried this secret for as long as I did because building the movement and securing farmworker rights was my life’s work”. She did not want to hurt the movement.

After 15 years of working with survivors and supporting domestic violence and sexual assault programs, I know this instinct well. Most survivors do not want to rock the boat or damage the reputation of leaders, bosses, or ex-partners. Speaking up can mean destabilizing families, workplaces, and entire communities. Survivors will deny their own pain to protect institutions and the people they care about, especially in oppressed and marginalized communities.

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Constitutional Barriers to Nationalizing Elections
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Constitutional Barriers to Nationalizing Elections

In the run-up to the midterms, President Trump continues to call for nationalizing congressional elections. He has sought to initiate the process through executive orders, such as one proposing to set “a ballot receipt deadline of Election Day for all methods of voting.” The words and spirit of the United States Constitution—the bedrock textualism and originalism of conservative constitutional interpretation—say he can’t nationalize elections.

Unlike some consequential constitutional questions, it’s not a close call.

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Unpacking War Powers in the U.S.-Iran Conflict: Who Decides When America Goes to War?

Smoke billows after overnight airstrikes on oil depots on March 8, 2026 in Tehran, Iran.

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Unpacking War Powers in the U.S.-Iran Conflict: Who Decides When America Goes to War?

What Is The War Powers Resolution of 1973?

The War Powers Resolution of 1973 is a law enacted by Congress that limits the U.S. president’s ability to wage or escalate military operations overseas. Passed on November 7, 1973 amid the Vietnam War, the War Powers Resolution reasserts Congress’ constitutional power “to declare war” and “to raise and support Armies.” A key provision of the War Powers Resolution requires the president to submit a report to Congress within 48 hours of military deployment in the absence of an official declaration of war by Congress detailing:

  • The circumstances requiring U.S. forces;
  • The constitutional or legislative justification for the president’s actions;
  • The estimated duration of U.S. involvement in the hostilities.

If Congress does not formally declare war or enact special authorization for continuation of the U.S’ involvement in a conflict within 60 days of the report’s submission, the president must withdraw U.S. troops from the hostilities. If Congress does declare war, the president is instructed under the War Powers Resolution to report to Congress periodically on the status of the hostilities no less than once every 6 months.

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A hidden financial crisis is emerging as private credit funds like BlackRock’s HLEND and Blackstone’s BCRED freeze withdrawals. Discover how geopolitical shocks, illiquid assets, and retail investor panic are exposing deep risks in the shadow banking system.

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How the Iran Conflict Triggered a Private Credit Liquidity Crisis

While the world watches the harrowing escalation of the conflict in the Middle East and the volatility in the energy markets, a secondary, equally dangerous crisis is unfolding silently within the global financial architecture. The immediate shocks of any geopolitical crisis - soaring oil prices and fractured supply lines - are predictable, even expected. But what is currently occurring in the "shadow banking" sector is a classic "black swan" event, the true impact of which has yet to be fully grasped.

The news this week that investment behemoths have announced withdrawal freezes for some of their flagship private-credit funds (namely BlackRock’s $26 billion HLEND and Blackstone’s BCRED, which both activated redemption gates on March 7) is not a minor financial technicality. It is the definitive popping of a massive asset-class bubble and the end of the reckless era of "democratizing private equity."

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