Former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro on board the USS Iwo Jima after being captured by the US military. In the early hours of January 3, 2026, Caracas residents awoke to explosions, low‑flying aircraft, and the realization that the United States was attacking their capital. By sunrise, then-Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro was on a US aircraft, bound for a jail cell in New York. What Washington calls a surgical extraction mission is, for Latin America, a reminder th

The Trump Administration’s renewed focus on financial isolationism is strangling some of the world’s most important international aid offices. Emerging as a global superpower in the post-war era, the United States has long sought to secure its influence in international affairs. Working directly to secure the United Nations (UN) headquarters in New York City and a permanent seat on the Security Council, the American government has largely treated the UN as a means of extendin

New York State Senator James Skoufis speaks with Kyra’s mother, Jacqueline Franchetti. Skoufis is sponsoring Kyra's Law in the Senate. Francesca Wehner '29, Analyst in the Center for Education Policy, and Kiran Chaudhry-Bishop '29, Assistant Director of the Center for Education Policy, co-wrote this op-ed. Autumn Coleman was a three-year-old girl growing up in Queens, New York, with curly braids, a sharp sense of humor, and dreams of being a “princess-doctor.” In March 2019,

New York State Senator James Skoufis speaks with Kyra’s mother, Jacqueline Franchetti. Skoufis is sponsoring Kyra's Law in the Senate. Francesca Wehner '29, Analyst in the Center for Education Policy, and Kiran Chaudhry-Bishop '29, Assistant Director of the Center for Education Policy, co-wrote this op-ed. Autumn Coleman was a three-year-old girl growing up in Queens, New York, with curly braids, a sharp sense of humor, and dreams of being a "princess-doctor." In March 2019,