It’s how things worked when you went to the Cosa Nostra to ask for protection for you and your family in exchange for some portion of your own resources.

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Michael Steele, former RNC Chairman and Dahlia Lithwick Senior Editor of Slate joins Nicolle Wallace on Deadline White House to discuss Donald Trump’s moves to dismantle federal agencies and the ...

While we’ve been distracted by wildfire tragedies, and the dizzying stream of Project 2025-inspired directives flowing from the Oval Office, we cannot forget that the Republican-led war on women’s rep ...

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Zoe Hansen / Investopedia The term “immediate family” commonly applies to an individual’s closest family members; however, the term has legal meanings for government or company policies.

On this week’s Amicus podcast, Dahlia Lithwick spoke with professor Kim Lane Scheppele, the Laurance S. Rockefeller Professor of Sociology and International Affairs in the Princeton School of ...

While we’ve been distracted by wildfire tragedies and the dizzying stream of Project 2025-inspired directives flowing from the Oval Office, we cannot forget that the Republican-led war on women’s repr ...

In her post's cover photo, Dahlia, adorable as ever, could be seen posing with her mom for a quick snap by the swimming pool. Anne also shared their family photo by the beach, as well as their bonding ...

The policy forbids foreign groups that receive U.S. funding from providing or promoting family planning that includes abortion ... As Slate legal analyst Dahlia Lithwick put it last week: “Anybody who ...