Nan Aron: Barr deserves an Academy Award for his performance today
WASHINGTON, D.C., April 18, 2019 - Following Attorney General William Barr's press conference today previewing the Mueller report, AF President Nan Aron released the...
Steve Hochstadt: American Jews Versus Israeli Politics
April 17, 2019 - Steve Hochstadt teaches at Illinois College and blogs for HNN Benjamin Netanyahu just won a record fifth term as Prime Minister...
Robert Reich: How McConnell is Killing the Senate
April 14, 2019 - Congress has recessed for two weeks without passing a desperately-needed disaster relief bill. Why not? Because Senate Majority Leader Mitch...
Bill Yeomans: Barr the Protector
April 11, 2019 - Attorney General Barr repeated in his testimony before House and Senate appropriators this week that he intends to redact grand...
Frank Clemente: So Who Really Got a Tax Cut This Year?
April 10, 2019 - Tax Day is here. What’s in your return? According to a new poll, only 17 percent of Americans say they’re paying...
Robert P. Alvarez: Abolish the Electoral College, Empower the People
April 11, 2019 - Senator Elizabeth Warren is hell-bent on dismantling the systems that feed inequality in this country, including the Electoral College. “Every vote...
Stephanie Hinnershitz: The Long History of Anti-Immigration Legislation and “Crimes Involving Moral Turpitude”
April 9, 2019 - In light of the Supreme Court’s recent ruling on the Nielsen v. Preap case, a return to the history behind...
Robert Reich: The Myth of Meritocracy
April 8, 2019 - Most Americans still cling to the meritocratic notion that people are rewarded according to their efforts and abilities. But meritocracy...
Ronald L. Feinman: The Red Scare: From the Palmer Raids to Joseph McCarthy to...
April 4, 2019 - In the immediate post World War I era, Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer was considering a bid to become the...
Adam Schiff: At 70, NATO remains a crucial alliance. So why does Trump keep...
March 29, 2019 - Seventy years ago this week, President Harry Truman led the United States and 11 other nations in establishing the North...
Jack Gillis: Repeal the Pink Tax on Women
Washington, D.C. April 3, 2019 — My name is Jack Gillis, and I am the Executive Director of Consumer Federation of America. CFA is...
Feinstein Defends Affordable Care Act from Trump Attacks
Washington March 26, 2019 - Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) today released the following statement after the Trump administration broadened its attack on the Affordable...
Fred Wertheimer: Attorney General Barr’s Letter on No Obstruction has No Credibility
March 25, 2019 - Attorney General Bill Barr decided his position on the obstruction of justice issue nearly a year ago at a time...
Matthew Gardner: Corporate Tax Collections Fall Precipitously in Wake of New Tax Law
March 25, 2019 - Data released Friday by the U.S. Treasury Department confirm that President Trump’s tax law has gutted the corporate income tax,...
Robert Reich: The Real Scandal of Donald Trump
March 25, 2019 - We may never know for sure whether Donald Trump colluded with Vladimir Putin to obtain Russia’s help in the 2016...
Elizabeth Nash: A Surge in Bans on Abortion Before Most People Know They Are...
March 25, 2019 - Antiabortion activists and politicians have kicked their decades-long agenda to ban abortion in America into high gear through a series...
Public Citizen: Full Mueller Report and Underlying Evidence Must Be Released
March 24, 2019 - Congress and the American people deserve access to the full report by Special Counsel Robert Mueller as well as the...
Taxpayers for Common Sense: Federal Responses to Emergencies Shouldn’t be a Fiscal Disaster
March 22, 2019 - Record setting winter flooding in the Great Plains is the latest emergency to bring federal disaster policies to the forefront....
Lisa Rosenberg: Jared Kushner is Poster Child for Presidential Records Act Reform
March 22, 2019 - Note: Revelation of Kushner’s actions is the latest likely violation of the PRA by a senior White House official. Reports...
Nour Halabi: The unspoken violence of Donald Trump’s border wall
Shutterstock Nour Halabi, University of Leeds March 21, 2019 - Ever since his days on the election campaign trail the US president, Donald Trump, has assured...