We have to be smart in how we fight against Trump and the Republican Party this time around. That means picking our battles wisely, and not taking bait that’s dangled in front of our faces.
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Protesters Greet Trump at Mississippi Museum As Leaders Honor Civil Rights Figures
"Why should anyone give the stage to the president so he can have a photo op only to fight against all the things that civil rights workers fought for?"
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Kansas's Ravaged Economy a Cautionary Tale as Trump Plans Huge Tax Cuts for Rich
Kansas slashed taxes at the top to try to spur growth – but the plan crippled the state’s finances and proved disastrous for its Republican governor.
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Youth Challenge Trump Administration in Landmark Case on Climate Change
On Monday, Dec. 11, Kelsey Juliana and her 20 fellow youth plaintiffs will try to convince U.S. 9th Circuit Court judges that their climate case must go to trial before the U.S. Supreme Court as a matter of national urgency.
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With the GOP Tax Plan, a New Economic Epoch Begins
Ten years down the road, 20 years down the road, how will the lives that Americans lead change if this Republican tax plan gets to shape our national future? Not for the better, say the world’s most prolific inequality analysts.
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America's Homeless Population Rises for the First Time Since the Great Recession
A new government study finds that more than half a million people were homeless on a single night this year, as advocates lament a crisis that shows no sign of abating.
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Trump Takes a Stand For Corruption – By Withdrawing U.S. from Anti-Corruption Pact
Trump's hasty, under-reported move sent an unmistakable signal: corruption is tolerated if it helps line corporate pockets.
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Protests Nationwide as Vote on FCC's "Catastrophic" Plan to Kill Net Neutrality Looms
"Ajit Pai may be owned by Verizon, but he has to answer to Congress, and lawmakers have to answer to us, their constituents," said Evan Greer of Fight for the Future, which is helping lead the fight to preserve net neutrality.
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Women Line Up to Run for Office, Harnessing Their Outrage at Trump
In the 10 months before the 2016 election, about 1,000 women had contacted Emily's List, the largest national organization devoted to electing female candidates. Since the election, the number has exploded to more than 22,000.
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Trump White House Weighing Plans for Private Spies to Counter "Deep State" Enemies
Proposals developed by Blackwater founder Erik Prince and a retired CIA officer, with assistance from Oliver North, would provide Trump and CIA Director Mike Pompeo with a global private spy network to circumvent official U.S. intelligence agencies.
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In Crisis Britain, The Conservative Government's Slow Collapse Defies Gravity
It is a commonly held belief that the U.K. government is collapsing, yet it somehow limps on, despite social, economic, corruption and democratic crises.
