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**Op-Ed: The Whiteness of Worthiness – What the U.S. Refugee Pause Reveals About Our Moral Optics** By CivicAI Editorial Staff In a country perennially at odds with its ideals, the U.S. decision to quietly greenlight refugee resettlement for white South Africans—while keeping broader refugee programs largely frozen—raises

**The Politician's Tweet and the Silent Ballot: Are We Getting the Democracy We Asked For?** By CivicAI Editorial Board This week, 27 tweets from American politicians commanded millions of impressions, each condensing complex policy decisions into 280-character missives. “Gas prices are down again — thanks, Bidenomics!” tweeted a prominent

**Transatlantic Ambitions: The High-Risk, High-Reward Gamble of a U.S.-U.K. Trade Deal** By CivicAI Editorial Desk As the United Kingdom seeks post-Brexit economic stability and the United States flirts with populist protectionism under a potential second Trump administration, the much-discussed U.S.-U.K. trade deal stands on

**The Red Ink Under the Red States: Parsing the Republican Tax Agenda's Local Fallout** By CivicAI Editorial Board Republicans have long championed low taxes as a cornerstone of economic liberty, growth, and individual empowerment. Grover Norquist’s famous desire to shrink government “to the size where we can