Politics
CNN Surrenders to Trump CNN Surrenders to Trump
The corporate media’s commitment to fighting autocracy proves fickle.
Trump Is Trying to Destroy Public Health in America Trump Is Trying to Destroy Public Health in America
The administration has forced crucial scientific activity to grind to a halt. It’s an act of national suicide.
Keep Going: Our Mission Has Not Changed Keep Going: Our Mission Has Not Changed
We owe it to our forebears, our families, our communities, and future generations to keep fighting for just causes, writes Nina Turner. We, too, shall overcome.
Trump’s Attacks on DEI Are a Green Light for the Government to Discriminate Trump’s Attacks on DEI Are a Green Light for the Government to Discriminate
Under the guise of eliminating racial discrimination against white men, the Trump administration is launching a frontal assault on the country’s civil rights infrastructure.
“If Not for This, I’d Be Freezing to Death”: The Fight in Providence to Open a Temporary Shelter “If Not for This, I’d Be Freezing to Death”: The Fight in Providence to Open a Temporary Shelter
How a pair of Providence city councilors bucked the mayor—and the trend of homelessness criminalization nationwide—to open an emergency shelter.
State Politics
The Case for Letting Noncitizens Vote The Case for Letting Noncitizens Vote
Measures to allow local noncitizen voting failed in the last election, but that hasn’t always been the case throughout American history.
Left-Populists—Unshackle Your Imaginations! Left-Populists—Unshackle Your Imaginations!
It’s time to challenge the Democrats’ “business model.”
These Progressives Will Guide Us Through the Darkness These Progressives Will Guide Us Through the Darkness
Without a doubt, 2025 is going to be tough—but these visionaries give us hope in this uncertain time.
The Right
Fixing the Student Loan Crisis Starts With Defending the Department of Education Fixing the Student Loan Crisis Starts With Defending the Department of Education
Borrowers stand to lose more than they could ever gain if the department is shut down.
A Night Outside a DC Jail With the January 6 Insurrectionist Fan Club A Night Outside a DC Jail With the January 6 Insurrectionist Fan Club
Neo-Nazis and other right-wing groups celebrated in Washington, DC, as they anticipated the Trump pardons and the release of their incarcerated allies.
Trump’s Inauguration Revealed Whom He Really Serves: the Billionaires and the Crypto Bros Trump’s Inauguration Revealed Whom He Really Serves: the Billionaires and the Crypto Bros
In front of Trump stood a handful of CEOs whose combined wealth topped $1.2 trillion. They and the crypto scammers are the true beneficiaries of Trump’s second term.
Democrats
Keep Going: Our Mission Has Not Changed Keep Going: Our Mission Has Not Changed
We owe it to our forebears, our families, our communities, and future generations to keep fighting for just causes, writes Nina Turner. We, too, shall overcome.
Biden Was a Remarkably Consequential One-Term President Biden Was a Remarkably Consequential One-Term President
Inheriting a post-pandemic economy, Biden orchestrated the best recovery in the industrial world.
Trump’s Supposed Unity Message Is a Gloating Threat of MAGA Triumphant Trump’s Supposed Unity Message Is a Gloating Threat of MAGA Triumphant
The new president uses shock and awe to claim a mandate over demoralized Democrats.
On TikTok, the Supreme Court Did the Right Thing On TikTok, the Supreme Court Did the Right Thing
And while the “I was for it before I was against it” crowd opposing the ban now stretches from Chuck Schumer to Donald Trump, that doesn’t mean they’re right.
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Jan 22, 2025 / William D. Hartung
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Almost every sentence of the order is wrong, misleading, or flagrantly unconstitutional.
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