For the kind of unfettered poverty that is being unleashed will, if left unchecked, likely result in massive political turmoil over the coming years and decades
Many observersāincluding Republicansāworry that he is. Theyāre organizing now to stop him. Given the administrationās record of embracing ānumerous corrupt and authoritarian practices,ā huge numbers of Americans must be ready to take to the streets
Trump apparently hopes to place an armed force intended to scare would-be voters away from polling sites
The U.S. risks a 2008-style housing catastrophe on top of the public health and employment catastrophes that have already brought the U.S. to its knees
No sympathy for those whose homes are threatened or firefighters risking their lives. Instead, heās lobbed insults and stripped environmental protections
The accelerating efforts to gut the safety net represent an extraordinary effort to martial federal power to corral employees back to work, despite the accelerating pandemic
By the time you read this column,Ā elite US Border Patrol Tactical (BORTAC) unitsĀ might be battering down the doors of immigrant families in sanctuary cities in California, New York, Illinois, and elsewhere around the country
The citizenship question is only one of several ways in which the Trump team has deliberately sought to undermine the functioning of the Census
Interview on why a culture of fear is destructive to democracy.
California‘s new budget ends months of political gridlock, but the cuts to state services are hardly cause for celebration. Now, nearly…
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