Polemical means aggressively argumentative. This style of writing or speech challenges opposing views. It is often used in ...

Presidents have sidestepped Congress to launch limited military strikes for decades. Trump’s decision to attack Iran is an aggressive escalation.

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Economic ripples from US-Israel attacks will soon become waves, engulfing everything from energy prices to food ...

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Before Africans could be enslaved at scale, they first had to be portrayed as living outside the timeline of civilization itself. This narrative—the pre-story of slavery—made domination appear not ...

Maya Jewell Zeller might say she grew up feral. Or she grew up unconventionally. She wouldn’t say she grew up homeless. In ...

Candidates most often make the error of focusing excessively on the introduction and the conclusion, at the cost of a middle that fetches the most marks, especially the one that’s structured and ...

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