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

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

body {
    -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;
    font-family: var(--font-main);
    line-height: 1.55;
    font-size: 16.36px;
    color: var(--color-text) !important;
    background-color: var(--color-bg);
    text-size-adjust: 100%;
    -moz-text-size-adjust: 100%;
    -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;
    -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;
}

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

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

h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6 {
    margin-bottom: 0.31em;
    letter-spacing: -0.02em;
    line-height: 1.21;
    font-weight: 700;
    color: #000000 !important;
}

/* Fix Chrome deprecation warning: explicit font-sizes for h1 in article/section */
h1 {
    font-size: 2.03em;
}
article h1, section h1 {
    font-size: 1.96em;
}

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

p {
    margin-bottom: 0.86em;
    color: #000000 !important;
}
small {
    color: #000000 !important;
}
span {
    color: #000000 !important;
}

/* Layout */
.wrapper {
    padding: 0 17.1px;
    max-width: var(--spacing-container);
    margin: 0 auto;
}

/* Header */
.banner-area {
    padding: 21.33px 0;
    background: #ffffff;
    margin-bottom: 31.2px;
    border-bottom: 2px solid #000000;
}
.banner-area .wrapper {
    gap: 16.21px !important;
    display: flex !important;
    flex-direction: column !important;
    justify-content: flex-start !important;
    align-items: flex-start !important;
    flex-wrap: nowrap !important;
}
.home-brand {
    color: #000000 !important;
    font-weight: 800;
    text-transform: uppercase;
    letter-spacing: -0.5px;
    text-decoration: none;
    font-size: 25.63px;
}
.main-menu {
    align-items: center !important;
    gap: 25.12px;
    flex-wrap: nowrap !important;
    display: flex !important;
}
.main-menu a {
    font-size: 14.79px;
    text-decoration: none;
    text-transform: uppercase;
    color: #000000 !important;
    font-weight: 700;
}
.main-menu a:hover {
    text-decoration: none;
    opacity: 0.7;
}

/* Main Grid */
.dual-panel {
    grid-template-columns: 1fr 300px;
    margin-bottom: 77.69px;
    display: grid;
    /* Left Content - Right Sidebar */
    gap: 60px;
}

/* Mega Article */
.top-story {
    background: #ffffff;
    border: 2px solid #000000;
    border-radius: 13.7px;
    padding: 47.53px;
}
.top-story h1 {
    font-size: 37.96px;
    color: #000000 !important;
    margin-bottom: 13.44px;
}
.top-story h2 {
    margin-bottom: 8.02px;
    font-size: 23.06px;
    padding-bottom: 0;
    color: #000000 !important;
    margin-top: 14.84px;
}
.read-area > h2:first-of-type {
    margin-top: 0 !important;
}
.top-story h3 {
    color: #000000 !important;
    margin-top: 22.06px;
    font-size: 20.93px;
}
.byline {
    display: flex;
    padding-bottom: 9.92px;
    gap: 16.61px;
    color: #000000 !important;
    border-bottom: 1px solid #000000;
    font-weight: 600;
    margin-bottom: 42.11px;
    font-size: 13.07px;
}
.read-area {
    font-size: 17.33px;
    color: #000000 !important;
    line-height: 1.6;
}
.author-title {
    font-weight: 400;
    font-size: 12.6px;
    color: #555555 !important;
    font-style: italic;
}
.read-area a {
    font-weight: 700;
    color: #0056b3 !important;
    text-decoration: underline;
    /* Blue link for backlinks */;
}
.read-area a:hover {
    text-decoration: none;
    color: #003d82 !important;
}

/* Internal Backlink / Related Topic Box */
.anchor-cell {
    border: 2px solid #000000;
    color: #000000 !important;
    border-radius: 9.76px;
    background: #ffffff;
    font-style: italic;
    margin-top: 31.32px;
    padding: 17.31px;
}
.anchor-cell a {
    text-decoration: underline;
    font-weight: 700;
}

/* Sidebar */
.side-panel {
    top: 40px;
    align-self: start;
    position: sticky;
}
.module {
    margin-bottom: 27.6px;
    padding: 25.49px;
    border-radius: 12.39px;
    background: #ffffff;
    border: 2px solid #000000;
}
.block-heading {
    letter-spacing: -0.02em;
    text-transform: uppercase;
    margin-bottom: 22.42px;
    border-bottom: 2px solid #000000;
    /* H3 Size */
    font-weight: 800;
    font-size: 20.22px;
    padding-bottom: 9.25px;
    color: #000000 !important;
}
.fresh-list {
    margin: 0 !important;
    list-style: none !important;
    padding-left: 0 !important;
}
.fresh-list li {
    position: relative;
    margin-bottom: 12.91px;
    padding-bottom: 8.57px;
    border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(0,0,0,0.15) !important;
}
.fresh-list li:last-child {
    border: none !important;
}
.fresh-list a {
    font-weight: 600;
    text-decoration: none;
    color: #000000 !important;
    margin-bottom: 2.13px;
    display: block;
}
.fresh-list a:hover {
    text-decoration: underline;
    color: #333333 !important;
}

/* Latest Posts (for SSI included content) */
.feed-item {
    border-bottom: 1px solid #000000;
    padding: 12.24px 0;
}
.feed-item:last-child {
    border-bottom: none;
}
.feed-item a {
    color: #000000 !important;
    text-decoration: none;
    line-height: 1.38;
    font-size: 13.24px;
    margin-bottom: 4.34px;
    font-weight: 600;
    display: block;
}
.feed-item a:hover {
    text-decoration: underline;
}
.date-label {
    color: #000000 !important;
    font-size: 11.57px;
    font-weight: 600;
}

.date-index {
    list-style: none;
}
.date-index li {
    margin-bottom: 11.3px;
}
.date-index a {
    display: flex;
    font-weight: 600;
    font-size: 13.71px;
    color: #000000 !important;
    justify-content: space-between;
}
.post-count {
    color: #000000 !important;
}

.tag-area {
    flex-wrap: wrap;
    gap: 9.87px;
    display: flex;
}
.chip {
    color: #000000 !important;
    padding: 5.8px 12.27px;
    text-decoration: none;
    font-size: 13.2px;
    background: #ffffff;
    display: inline-block;
    font-weight: 600;
    border-radius: 7.69px;
    transition: all 0.2s ease;
    border: 2px solid #000000;
}
.chip:hover {
    color: #ffffff !important;
    transform: translateY(-1px);
    background: #000000;
}

/* Footer */
.closing {
    font-weight: 600;
    color: #000000 !important;
    font-size: 13.69px;
    border-top: 2px solid #000000;
    background: #fff;
    padding: 39.93px 0;
    text-align: center;
}
.deep-panel {
    margin-top: 12.79px;
    font-weight: 600;
    font-size: 12.78px;
}
.deep-panel a {
    color: #000000 !important;
    text-decoration: none;
}
.deep-panel a:hover {
    text-decoration: underline;
}
.deep-panel .outer-grid {
    color: #000000 !important;
    margin: 0 7.7px;
}

/* Responsive */
@media (max-width: 900px) {
    .dual-panel { grid-template-columns: 1fr; gap: 40px; }
    .side-panel {
    position: static;
}
    .top-story h1 {
    font-size: 31.6px;
}
}