President rages as Twitter labels White House disinformation
Trump has come to depend on his Twitter feed as a way to circumvent the press and directly share his unfiltered thoughts with the public.
The hostile transition of power
It is impossible to govern the country in this style, as we see already in Trump’s failure to fill so many vital positions that he was forced to ask Obama appointees to remain in place.
Watch the unedited version of “Trump’s wall” Super Bowl ad that was censored
According to the building supplies business, the intent was to illustrate the company’s commitment to the great American tradition of immigration – not make an overt political statement.
Promise and peril in Africa’s newest democracy
While the victory for democracy in the Gambia is important and should be celebrated, the way it came about should give us some pause.
Progressive Briefing for Tuesday, July 24, 2018
Earliest Earth overshoot day ever, it's been over a year since MSNBC mentioned the war in Yemen, Trump wants to strip security clearance of those who have criticized him, and more.
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.
Insurgency, ethnic cleansing and democracy in Myanmar
Myanmar’s transition from military to civilian government demonstrates that building even a severely curtailed representative democracy with respect for minority rights is a hard task.
Hating Muslims in the age of Trump
The new Islamophobia looks like the Old McCarthyism.
Trump’s top tax official built career helping billionaires dodge taxes
Ken Kies, a longtime lobbyist for major corporations and the ultra-wealthy, now leads the Treasury’s tax policy office under Trump—just as Republicans push for new tax cuts benefiting the richest Americans.
While Trump calls climate change a hoax, Hurricane Michael damaged US fighter jets worth...
At least 17 planes, costing $339 million each, were likely left behind and possibly destroyed.