Alexandra Ellerbeck, Avi Asher-Schapiro: Why Julian Assange’s arrest is troubling
After a seven-year standoff at the Ecuadoran embassy in London, British police on Thursday arrested WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange–a development press freedom advocates had long feared. For years, journalists and … Continue reading
Paul Christensen: The Waiting Game
I sometimes think of myself as Jody Tiflin, the boy from John Steinbeck’s story who longed to have his mare Nellie deliver a foal, the red pony, only to discover … Continue reading
Julia Conley: Trump Threatens to Ship Undocumented Immigrants to Sanctuary Cities
Trump framed the proposal as a threat—but several politicians and rights advocates replied that immigrants would be welcome in those communities.
J. Edwin Benton: What happens to rural and small-town Trump voters after Trump is gone?
Residents of rural and small-town communities believe they are not getting their fair share of government attention and vital resources compared to urban dwellers.
Abby Zimet: The Torturers of Children
“These aren’t people. They are animals.” — Donald J. Trump
W.J. Astore: Dreaming Big About the U.S. Military
As the U.S. military enjoys enormous budgets ($718 billion this year, rising possibly to $750 billion for 2020), Americans are told not to dream big. There might just be a connection here.
Derek W. Black: Congressional oversight is at the heart of America’s democracy
The people can fire Congress every two years, but they rely on their representatives to hold the White House accountable all the time. Americans need Congress to make sure presidents and their staff are enforcing the law in ways that meet the public’s needs.
Video: Robert Reich — Everything you need to know about the new economy
The biggest economic story of our time isn’t about supply and demand. It’s about institutions and power.
Peter Certo: Russia was never the real scandal
Evidence of much more serious “collusion” — with corporations and the wealthy — has always been hiding in plain sight. Though these unique excesses of the Trump era have gotten some coverage, they were never treated as the threat to his legitimacy that Russia was.
Rebecca Gordon: Turning Our Backs on Nuremberg
Events just fly by in the ever-accelerating rush of Trump Time, so it’s easy enough to miss important ones in the chaos. Paul Manafort is sentenced twice and indicted a third time! Whoosh! … Continue reading
Marc Jampole: A House of Cards
Trump supporters and the GOP are building a house of cards on Attorney General William Barr’s four-page interpretation of the Mueller report.
John Feffer: After Trump
Centrist liberalism is dead, and Trump is a disaster. But progressives can use what he’s done to remake America and its place in the world. Donald Trump has shaken up … Continue reading
Frida Berrigan: Parenting the Climate-Change Generation
Young people across the world are striking to draw attention to the ravages of climate change. They are demanding — with their bodies and their voices — that the catastrophe each of them will inherit be a priority for the grown-ups around them.
Ellen Wohl: Small streams and wetlands are key parts of river networks – here’s why they need protection
The Trump administration is proposing to redefine a key term in the Clean Water Act: “Waters of the United States.” This deceptively simple phrase describes which streams, lakes, wetlands and other water bodies … Continue reading
