If you tend to sob every tax season while compiling your yearly expenses or checking random boxes on TurboTax, then you have come to the right place. I, too, used to be in your position — until I hired an accountant and made my money problem her money problem. Before that, however, taxes were my […]

As part of its ongoing release of the Epstein files, the Department of Justice has released three FBI memos relating to accusations of sexual assault against President Donald Trump. The news came days after Bill and Hillary Clinton were brought before the House Oversight Committee to testify about Bill’s connection to notorious sex trafficker Jeffrey […]

The premise of the Republican Party’s arguments in Watson v. Republican National Committee is that, nearly 200 years ago, Congress banned the states from counting thousands of the ballots that are cast every year in modern-day elections — and somehow no one noticed this fact until 2024. The case turns on three federal laws which […]

A bold new idea is taking the Democrats by storm: massive middle-class tax cuts.  Last week, two of the party’s rumored 2028 candidates — Sens. Chris Van Hollen and Cory Booker — unveiled plans to fully exempt tens of millions of Americans from federal income taxes. Under Van Hollen’s policy, individuals who earn less than […]

There is a photograph on Instagram of a girl who shares almost my exact name — Roya Rastegar. She is 33 years old. She is from Isfahan, my grandfather’s city. Security forces raided her home in January and arrested her. No one has heard from her since.  Every morning, I wake up too early and […]