:root {
    --color-text-light: #000000;
    --color-accent: #000000;
    --color-text: #000000;
    /* No gray, only black */
    --color-border: #000000;
    --color-bg: #ffffff;
    --spacing-container: 1200px;
    --color-muted: #000000;
    --font-main: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif;
}

* {
    border-color: #000000 !important;
    box-sizing: border-box;
    padding: 0;
    margin: 0;
    /* Force all borders black */
    outline-color: #000000 !important;
}

body {
    -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;
    line-height: 1.51;
    font-size: 15.06px;
    text-size-adjust: 100%;
    background-color: var(--color-bg);
    -moz-text-size-adjust: 100%;
    color: var(--color-text) !important;
    font-family: var(--font-main);
    -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;
    -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;
}

a {
    color: inherit;
    text-decoration: none;
}
a:hover {
    color: #000000;
    opacity: 1;
    text-decoration: underline;
}

img {
    display: block;
    height: auto;
    max-width: 100%;
}

h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6 {
    font-weight: 700;
    color: #000000 !important;
    margin-bottom: 0.5em;
    letter-spacing: -0.02em;
    line-height: 1.21;
}

/* Fix Chrome deprecation warning: explicit font-sizes for h1 in article/section */
h1 {
    font-size: 2.02em;
}
article h1, section h1 {
    font-size: 2.03em;
}

/* Remove empty spacers generated by rich text editors/CMS */
p:empty, .main-text p:empty {
    display: none !important;
}
.main-text > br {
    display: none !important;
}

p {
    color: #000000 !important;
    margin-bottom: 0.95em;
}
small {
    color: #000000 !important;
}
span {
    color: #000000 !important;
}

/* Layout */
.content-wrap {
    margin: 0 auto;
    padding: 0 18.32px;
    max-width: var(--spacing-container);
}

/* Header */
.banner-area {
    background: #ffffff;
    border-bottom: 2px solid #000000;
    padding: 19.7px 0;
    margin-bottom: 28.09px;
}
.banner-area .content-wrap {
    flex-direction: column !important;
    display: flex !important;
    justify-content: flex-start !important;
    gap: 15.53px !important;
    align-items: flex-start !important;
    flex-wrap: nowrap !important;
}
.wordmark {
    font-size: 25.72px;
    text-decoration: none;
    color: #000000 !important;
    letter-spacing: -0.5px;
    text-transform: uppercase;
    font-weight: 800;
}
.main-menu {
    align-items: center !important;
    display: flex !important;
    gap: 23.71px;
    flex-wrap: nowrap !important;
}
.main-menu a {
    font-size: 13.55px;
    font-weight: 700;
    color: #000000 !important;
    text-transform: uppercase;
    text-decoration: none;
}
.main-menu a:hover {
    text-decoration: none;
    opacity: 0.7;
}

/* Main Grid */
.two-col {
    display: grid;
    /* Left Content - Right Sidebar */
    gap: 60px;
    grid-template-columns: 1fr 300px;
    margin-bottom: 78.18px;
}

/* Mega Article */
.hero-post {
    border-radius: 13.17px;
    padding: 45.86px;
    background: #ffffff;
    border: 2px solid #000000;
}
.hero-post h1 {
    font-size: 37.03px;
    margin-bottom: 13.66px;
    color: #000000 !important;
}
.hero-post h2 {
    padding-bottom: 0;
    font-size: 23.36px;
    margin-top: 12.95px;
    margin-bottom: 6.53px;
    color: #000000 !important;
}
.main-text > h2:first-of-type {
    margin-top: 0 !important;
}
.hero-post h3 {
    font-size: 19.9px;
    color: #000000 !important;
    margin-top: 21.19px;
}
.byline {
    padding-bottom: 10.09px;
    display: flex;
    border-bottom: 1px solid #000000;
    font-weight: 600;
    font-size: 13.57px;
    margin-bottom: 39.99px;
    color: #000000 !important;
    gap: 17.62px;
}
.main-text {
    line-height: 1.61;
    font-size: 16.69px;
    color: #000000 !important;
}
.author-title {
    font-style: italic;
    font-size: 11.49px;
    color: #555555 !important;
    font-weight: 400;
}
.main-text a {
    text-decoration: underline;
    color: #0056b3 !important;
    /* Blue link for backlinks */;
    font-weight: 700;
}
.main-text a:hover {
    text-decoration: none;
    color: #003d82 !important;
}

/* Internal Backlink / Related Topic Box */
.root-module {
    color: #000000 !important;
    border: 2px solid #000000;
    font-style: italic;
    margin-top: 28.89px;
    padding: 16.94px;
    background: #ffffff;
    border-radius: 6.34px;
}
.root-module a {
    font-weight: 700;
    text-decoration: underline;
}

/* Sidebar */
.rail {
    position: sticky;
    align-self: start;
    top: 40px;
}
.module {
    background: #ffffff;
    margin-bottom: 29.29px;
    padding: 21.01px;
    border: 2px solid #000000;
    border-radius: 13.06px;
}
.block-heading {
    padding-bottom: 12.59px;
    text-transform: uppercase;
    /* H3 Size */
    font-weight: 800;
    letter-spacing: -0.02em;
    margin-bottom: 20.39px;
    border-bottom: 2px solid #000000;
    color: #000000 !important;
    font-size: 20.39px;
}
.latest-entries {
    margin: 0 !important;
    padding-left: 0 !important;
    list-style: none !important;
}
.latest-entries li {
    border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(0,0,0,0.15) !important;
    position: relative;
    margin-bottom: 7.21px;
    padding-bottom: 8.28px;
}
.latest-entries li:last-child {
    border: none !important;
}
.latest-entries a {
    text-decoration: none;
    font-weight: 600;
    color: #000000 !important;
    margin-bottom: 3.27px;
    display: block;
}
.latest-entries a:hover {
    color: #333333 !important;
    text-decoration: underline;
}

/* Latest Posts (for SSI included content) */
.list-entry {
    border-bottom: 1px solid #000000;
    padding: 14.91px 0;
}
.list-entry:last-child {
    border-bottom: none;
}
.list-entry a {
    font-weight: 600;
    text-decoration: none;
    line-height: 1.37;
    color: #000000 !important;
    display: block;
    font-size: 14.21px;
    margin-bottom: 6.85px;
}
.list-entry a:hover {
    text-decoration: underline;
}
.time-stamp {
    font-weight: 600;
    font-size: 12.35px;
    color: #000000 !important;
}

.past-entries {
    list-style: none;
}
.past-entries li {
    margin-bottom: 7.01px;
}
.past-entries a {
    font-weight: 600;
    font-size: 14.25px;
    display: flex;
    color: #000000 !important;
    justify-content: space-between;
}
.num-badge {
    color: #000000 !important;
}

.topic-list {
    display: flex;
    flex-wrap: wrap;
    gap: 11.73px;
}
.topic-chip {
    border-radius: 9.85px;
    border: 2px solid #000000;
    text-decoration: none;
    color: #000000 !important;
    display: inline-block;
    font-size: 12.64px;
    background: #ffffff;
    padding: 7.95px 15.4px;
    font-weight: 600;
    transition: all 0.2s ease;
}
.topic-chip:hover {
    color: #ffffff !important;
    transform: translateY(-1px);
    background: #000000;
}

/* Footer */
.base-bar {
    padding: 39.62px 0;
    font-size: 13.71px;
    border-top: 2px solid #000000;
    background: #fff;
    color: #000000 !important;
    font-weight: 600;
    text-align: center;
}
.core-band {
    margin-top: 12.77px;
    font-size: 13.79px;
    font-weight: 600;
}
.core-band a {
    color: #000000 !important;
    text-decoration: none;
}
.core-band a:hover {
    text-decoration: underline;
}
.core-band .default-wrap {
    color: #000000 !important;
    margin: 0 6.87px;
}

/* Responsive */
@media (max-width: 900px) {
    .two-col { grid-template-columns: 1fr; gap: 40px; }
    .rail {
    position: static;
}
    .hero-post h1 {
    font-size: 31.62px;
}
}