Work, Dignified

The Constant Variable: Oil, Sovereignty, and 500 Years of Extraction in Venezuela

Someone in the comments of a recent LinkedIn post told me I was “venezuelasplaining.”

May 29 • Tiff M Ryan

Inversion of Accountability

In American governance, money buys accommodation. Poverty buys violence.

May 18 • Tiff M Ryan

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When the Accountability Gap Closes

The 2026 U.S. Counterterrorism Strategy, read through a research framework that measures governance across corporations, governments, and Indigenous…

May 14 • Tiff M Ryan

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April 2026

March 2026

The Violence Was Never Random: What South Africa’s Xenophobia Crisis Teaches Us About the GOP’s 20-Year Project

When a nation refuses to name the structural causes of suffering, someone else names the scapegoats instead.

Mar 22 • Tiff M Ryan

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The Country With 5,500 Nuclear Warheads Scores Lower on Governance Than the One It Just Bombed

The question no one is asking about Operation Epic Fury

Mar 2 • Tiff M Ryan

February 2026

What Happens When the Pentagon Tells an AI Company to Drop Its Ethics?

Here is what happened today, in plain language, and why it matters to you even if you have never thought about corporate governance in your life.

Feb 26 • Tiff M Ryan

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Where Did They Go?

New investigations reveal the administration suppressed its own humanitarian intelligence while supplying weapons that left 2,842 Palestinians with no…

Feb 11 • Tiff M Ryan

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January 2026