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

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

body {
    line-height: 1.51;
    -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;
    font-size: 15.18px;
    font-family: var(--font-main);
    -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;
    -moz-text-size-adjust: 100%;
    -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;
    color: var(--color-text) !important;
    text-size-adjust: 100%;
    background-color: var(--color-bg);
}

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

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

h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6 {
    line-height: 1.22;
    font-weight: 700;
    margin-bottom: 0.52em;
    color: #000000 !important;
    letter-spacing: -0.02em;
}

/* Fix Chrome deprecation warning: explicit font-sizes for h1 in article/section */
h1 {
    font-size: 1.97em;
}
article h1, section h1 {
    font-size: 1.97em;
}

/* 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 {
    color: #000000 !important;
    margin-bottom: 0.89em;
}
small {
    color: #000000 !important;
}
span {
    color: #000000 !important;
}

/* Layout */
.wrapper {
    max-width: var(--spacing-container);
    padding: 0 17.34px;
    margin: 0 auto;
}

/* Header */
.banner-area {
    background: #ffffff;
    margin-bottom: 29.25px;
    border-bottom: 2px solid #000000;
    padding: 17.47px 0;
}
.banner-area .wrapper {
    justify-content: flex-start !important;
    flex-direction: column !important;
    gap: 16.09px !important;
    align-items: flex-start !important;
    flex-wrap: nowrap !important;
    display: flex !important;
}
.identity {
    text-transform: uppercase;
    letter-spacing: -0.5px;
    color: #000000 !important;
    text-decoration: none;
    font-size: 25.27px;
    font-weight: 800;
}
.top-menu {
    gap: 23.65px;
    display: flex !important;
    flex-wrap: nowrap !important;
    align-items: center !important;
}
.top-menu a {
    color: #000000 !important;
    font-size: 13.95px;
    font-weight: 700;
    text-decoration: none;
    text-transform: uppercase;
}
.top-menu a:hover {
    text-decoration: none;
    opacity: 0.7;
}

/* Main Grid */
.layout-grid {
    /* Left Content - Right Sidebar */
    gap: 60px;
    grid-template-columns: 1fr 300px;
    margin-bottom: 81.05px;
    display: grid;
}

/* Mega Article */
.lead-article {
    background: #ffffff;
    padding: 46.24px;
    border-radius: 11.62px;
    border: 2px solid #000000;
}
.lead-article h1 {
    font-size: 37.07px;
    margin-bottom: 9.12px;
    color: #000000 !important;
}
.lead-article h2 {
    padding-bottom: 0;
    margin-bottom: 7.77px;
    margin-top: 16.13px;
    color: #000000 !important;
    font-size: 23.62px;
}
.read-area > h2:first-of-type {
    margin-top: 0 !important;
}
.lead-article h3 {
    font-size: 20.32px;
    color: #000000 !important;
    margin-top: 18.12px;
}
.entry-meta {
    font-size: 13.59px;
    gap: 14.57px;
    border-bottom: 1px solid #000000;
    color: #000000 !important;
    font-weight: 600;
    display: flex;
    margin-bottom: 38.87px;
    padding-bottom: 10.58px;
}
.read-area {
    font-size: 17.43px;
    color: #000000 !important;
    line-height: 1.61;
}
.default-stack {
    font-style: italic;
    font-size: 12.43px;
    color: #555555 !important;
    font-weight: 400;
}
.read-area a {
    font-weight: 700;
    color: #0056b3 !important;
    text-decoration: underline;
    /* Blue link for backlinks */;
}
.read-area a:hover {
    color: #003d82 !important;
    text-decoration: none;
}

/* Internal Backlink / Related Topic Box */
.upper-layer {
    background: #ffffff;
    color: #000000 !important;
    border-radius: 8.51px;
    font-style: italic;
    border: 2px solid #000000;
    padding: 15.84px;
    margin-top: 28.56px;
}
.upper-layer a {
    text-decoration: underline;
    font-weight: 700;
}

/* Sidebar */
.rail {
    top: 40px;
    align-self: start;
    position: sticky;
}
.panel-item {
    border-radius: 11.02px;
    margin-bottom: 32.23px;
    background: #ffffff;
    border: 2px solid #000000;
    padding: 23.68px;
}
.section-head {
    font-size: 19.03px;
    text-transform: uppercase;
    padding-bottom: 12.9px;
    /* H3 Size */
    font-weight: 800;
    color: #000000 !important;
    margin-bottom: 17.35px;
    letter-spacing: -0.02em;
    border-bottom: 2px solid #000000;
}
.latest-entries {
    padding-left: 0 !important;
    list-style: none !important;
    margin: 0 !important;
}
.latest-entries li {
    margin-bottom: 12.67px;
    position: relative;
    border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(0,0,0,0.15) !important;
    padding-bottom: 11.86px;
}
.latest-entries li:last-child {
    border: none !important;
}
.latest-entries a {
    color: #000000 !important;
    display: block;
    margin-bottom: 0.44px;
    font-weight: 600;
    text-decoration: none;
}
.latest-entries a:hover {
    text-decoration: underline;
    color: #333333 !important;
}

/* Latest Posts (for SSI included content) */
.list-entry {
    padding: 13.39px 0;
    border-bottom: 1px solid #000000;
}
.list-entry:last-child {
    border-bottom: none;
}
.list-entry a {
    margin-bottom: 2.87px;
    text-decoration: none;
    line-height: 1.37;
    color: #000000 !important;
    font-size: 14.36px;
    font-weight: 600;
    display: block;
}
.list-entry a:hover {
    text-decoration: underline;
}
.pub-date {
    font-weight: 600;
    color: #000000 !important;
    font-size: 11.6px;
}

.past-entries {
    list-style: none;
}
.past-entries li {
    margin-bottom: 8.01px;
}
.past-entries a {
    display: flex;
    color: #000000 !important;
    font-size: 14.05px;
    font-weight: 600;
    justify-content: space-between;
}
.figure {
    color: #000000 !important;
}

.term-cloud {
    display: flex;
    gap: 7.52px;
    flex-wrap: wrap;
}
.label-item {
    color: #000000 !important;
    font-size: 13.87px;
    font-weight: 600;
    text-decoration: none;
    transition: all 0.2s ease;
    padding: 5.17px 15.13px;
    border-radius: 7.6px;
    display: inline-block;
    background: #ffffff;
    border: 2px solid #000000;
}
.label-item:hover {
    color: #ffffff !important;
    background: #000000;
    transform: translateY(-1px);
}

/* Footer */
.end-section {
    background: #fff;
    color: #000000 !important;
    border-top: 2px solid #000000;
    text-align: center;
    padding: 41.12px 0;
    font-size: 14.43px;
    font-weight: 600;
}
.local-item {
    font-weight: 600;
    font-size: 13.84px;
    margin-top: 10.18px;
}
.local-item a {
    text-decoration: none;
    color: #000000 !important;
}
.local-item a:hover {
    text-decoration: underline;
}
.local-item .custom-col {
    margin: 0 10.75px;
    color: #000000 !important;
}
.end-section .responsibility,
.end-section .legal-nav {
    color: #4b5563 !important;
}
.end-section .responsibility a,
.end-section .legal-nav a {
    font-weight: 700;
    text-decoration: underline;
    color: #1f2937 !important;
}

/* Responsive */
@media (max-width: 900px) {
    .layout-grid { grid-template-columns: 1fr; gap: 40px; }
    .rail {
    position: static;
}
    .lead-article h1 {
    font-size: 31.77px;
}
}