Michelle Berenfeld, an archaeologist and a fellow of the American Academy in Rome, is the John A. McCarthy Professor of Classics at Pitzer College.

America was the world’s economic anchor. Thanks to the president, it may never have that role again.

If a savage beating, captured on camera, cannot produce a murder conviction, the chances of fixing the police-brutality problem are very bleak.

Yes, the U.S. has the larger consumer economy. No, that won’t be enough to avoid major (and majorly self-inflicted) pain.

The blueprint for Trump 2.0 predicted much of what we’ve seen so far—and much of what’s to come.