Patrick Michels, Laura C. Morel, Cullen Browder, Tyler Dukes and Travis Fain

Protests will not directly convince Trump to change his views. But they can create an activated base of opposition.

A new policy eliminating phone verification for Social Security benefits threatens to overwhelm field offices, cut off vulnerable recipients, and accelerate efforts to privatize the system.

What's their threat to our common future?

“At current interest and tax rates, it is far cheaper to borrow against the value of one's shares than to sell them and pay taxes on the gains.”

But very few members of Congress dare to acknowledge that reality, while their silence and denials scream out complicity.