Trump slashes EPA funding by 31% – Gets Pruitt’s approval
What is happening with the EPA?
Elon Musk’s team decimates Education Department arm that tracks national school performance
Schools and districts across the country rely on research from the IES and contractors such as the American Institutes for Research to guide best practices in classrooms.
Bernie Sanders introduces bill to raise minimum wage by $15
"No family in the United States can live on $7.25 an hour. Raising the minimum wage is the right thing to do and long past due.”
How the American jobs plan would deliver one of life’s basic necessities
Upgrading water infrastructure would make Americans healthier while delivering a major boost to the economy.
Is “one nation, indivisible,” with “justice for all” any less clear a mandate than...
If one connives to deny elections their paramount place in democracy, why not defy law, courts, precedents and thus justice?
Impending Trump Dakota Access easement is illegal, Standing Rock Sioux say
The move to grease the wheels for dirty energy infrastructure sets the Trump administration up for more clashes with protesters.
Scapegoating Iran
"What good would come from destabilizing Iran? What would America get out of that?”
How ICE and other DHS agencies mine social media in the name of national...
Through its vast and deeply flawed social media monitoring, the Department of Homeland Security jeopardizes the rights of travelers, immigrants, refugees, and many others.
Did senators rush through Rick Perry’s energy dept hearing to attend corporate-sponsored inaugural lunch?
It looks like Perry has the votes necessary to become the next Secretary of Energy.
Be warned, Donald Trump: Ghosts are everywhere
Harry Truman understood the importance of allies in Europe. President Trump does not.