CJR: Local elections aren’t all about Trump, no matter what he says
November 6, 2019 - Ahead of important elections yesterday in several states—most notably Kentucky, Virginia, and Mississippi—President Trump did what he does best: made...
Ed Simon: A History of Why Trump Abandoned the Kurds
Nov. 4, 2019 - Ed Simon is the associate editor of The Marginalia Review of Books, a channel of The Los Angeles Review of Books. He holds a...
350.org: US Withdrawal from the Paris Climate Agreement
Washington, DC, Nov. 4, 2019 -- Today marks the day the Trump administration can officially begin withdrawing the United States from the Paris Climate...
Public Citizen: Warren Proves Medicare for All Is Affordable
Nov. 1, 2019 - Note: Today, U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) released her plan for paying for Medicare for All. She estimates total systemwide...
Sara Amundson: U.S. House passes PACT Act cracking down on extreme animal cruelty
Oct. 22, 2019 - The U.S. House has just voted overwhelmingly to crack down on some of the worst and most malicious acts of...
Robert C. Koehler: The Collusion Of Church and State
Oct. 17, 2019 - Intrigued by the controversy that erupted over Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s speech before the American Association of Christian Counselors...
Robert Weissman: Self-Dealing President Doesn’t Even Pretend to Be Constrained by the Law
Oct. 17, 2019 - Apparently, President Donald Trump no longer sees fit even to pretend that he is constrained by the law or the Constitution. It’s...
Michael Winship: Our Mad Dog President—and His Bible-Thumping Kennel Pals
Oct. 17, 2019 - “I have done nothing to harm these people but they are angered with me, so what do they do, doctor...
Feinstein on Cummings: Eloquent Champion Who Will be Missed
Washington October 17, 2019 - Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) today released the following statement on the passing of Congressman Elijah Cummings: “Elijah Cummings was a...
The Leadership Conference Statement on the Passing of Congressman Elijah Cummings
WASHINGTON October 17, 2019 - Vanita Gupta, president and CEO of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, issued the following statement on...
Matthew Wibbenmeyer: PG&E Power Outages Reduce Just a Portion of Wildfire Risk
Oct. 11, 2019 - Wibbenmeyer is an expert on the management and economics of wildfires and forest resources. This week, a severe off-shore wind event—similar...
Rachel Laser: State Department Declaring Secretary Pompeo a “Christian Leader” Mocks Church-State Separation
Oct. 15, 2019 - Americans United President and CEO Rachel Laser issued the following statement in response to the U.S. State Department declaring Secretary...
Douglas Rivlin: As Trump Betrays Our Values and the Constitution, Federal Courts Stand Up...
Washington, DC, Oct. 15, 2019 – As Trump’s unilateralism and nativism go into overdrive, a series of court rulings offer a reminder why the...
Frank Sharry: Trump administration insists that newly-arriving legal immigrants have health insurance
Washington, DC, Oct. 7, 2019 – Last Friday afternoon, the Trump Administration issued an executive order to bar the admission of legal immigrants who...
Josue De Luna Navarro: How Fossil Fuels Pollute STEM Education
Oct. 4, 2019 - Teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg has a message for policy makers: “Listen to the scientists.” As an engineer, I was glad...
Olivia Snow Smith: Wall Street is Killing Local Newspapers
Oct. 4, 2019 - Though lacking the size and prestige of The New York Times or The Washington Post, The Storm Lake Times is...
David Torres: The United States on the border of its own barbarism
Washington, DC, Oct. 4, 2019 – In a new column, David Torres, a veteran journalist and prominent commentator in Spanish-language media, takes an unflinching...
Public Citizen: Publicly Committing an Impeachable Offense Makes Abuse of Power Worse
October 3, 2019 - Note: While speaking with reporters at the White House, President Donald Trump today urged China to investigate his political rival,...
Feinstein: President’s Rhetoric Has No Place in Our Democracy
Washington October 2, 2019 - Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) today released the following statement after President Trump’s remarks at today’s press conference with the...
Ronald L. Feinman: The Demise of the Republican Party
Sept. 30, 2019 - Ronald L. Feinman is the author of “Assassinations, Threats, and the American Presidency: From Andrew Jackson to Barack Obama” (Rowman...