Yearly Archives: 2017
The GOP health bill is an assault on people of color
The health care overhaul will cut programs that help black and brown people, while providing tax cuts for the wealthy that would disproportionately help whites.
Trump budget puts 12 million people at risk of losing housing
The White House is hoping that Congress will approve of a $54 billion boost to Pentagon coffers.
Where free speech ends, ignorance begins
Recent attempts to quash the right to speak reflect a fever of know-nothing intolerance afflicting the nation.
Meet the top EPA environmental justice official who quit to protest Pruitt & Trump
Mustafa Ali helped launch the EPA’s Office of Environmental Justice in 1992.
The dance of death
Idiots and charlatans, the handmaidens of death, lure us into the abyss.
U.S. attorney Preet Bharara was investigating Fox News when Trump fired him
Reports indicate Trump may pick one of Roger Ailes’ former lawyers to replace Bharara.
Defunding police – how antiracist organizers got Seattle to listen
By halting a proposed $150 million police precinct, Seattle activists have made headway in redirecting funding toward services like affordable housing and education.
Doubling down on dystopia
Preventing the triumph of Trump’s will.
Victory: Maryland House passes bill to ban fracking
Maryland is leading the way in the movement to ban fracking.
Paul Ryan fundraised with health insurance lobbying firm just before his powerpoint
Records show Ryan spent much of the year flying to resorts and huddling with lobbyists to raise huge amounts of cash to maintain his party’s control of the House of Representatives.