Wednesday, September 23, 2026

Tag: Donald Trump

Obama, Trump, and the future of U.S. foreign policy

The Obama administration will soon hand over power to a Trump administration that shares some of the very same foreign policy commitments.

A dying mule always kicks the hardest

Why Donald Trump's election means "we must work together for a Third Reconstruction in America."

Opinion: First thoughts on Trump-era science

Stanford researchers Paul and Anne Ehrlich offer suggestions on coping in a world where science suddenly feels devalued.

No, CNN, Trump hasn’t denounced racism

He’s been too busy denouncing Hamilton and SNL and leveraging the presidency for profit.

How to attempt racial healing—even during a Trump presidency

America’s past truth and reconciliation processes show us what works.

Trump appointments and transparency

To have confidence in Trump appointments and governance, Senators must demand both transparency and an end to conflicts of interest.

In resistance to Trump, “community” should be a verb

During the presidency of Popular-Vote Loser Trump we’ll need each other to make resistance personally sustainable, socially viable and political effective.

A Pentagon Rising

Is a Trump Presidency Good News for the Military-Industrial Complex?

California versus Trumpland

California gives lie to the conservative dictum that low taxes, few regulations, and low wages are the keys economic success. Trumpland should take note.

Trump’s pick for attorney general could be big boost to Monsanto

Trump, who reportedly holds between $15,001 and $50,000 worth of Monsanto stocks, does not support the labeling of foods made with genetically modified ingredients.

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The General James M. Gavin coal-fired power plant in Cheshire, Ohio, one of the largest in the country. Photo: Analogue Kid / CC BY 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons

EPA says repealing power plant emissions rules will save billions – but its estimate...

Keeping aging coal plants open, building new gas plants and choices about pollution controls affect electricity bills. Pollution adds health costs and climate damage that may not appear on those bills.
A polling place on election day. Photo: Tony Webster

NAACP sues Trump administration over armed agents at the polls

The suit cites a fatal Minneapolis shooting by federal agents as evidence of the fear such deployments can create.
A SpaceX Falcon 9 first stage at Landing Zone 1. Photo: SpaceX (CC0)

The first trillionaire – no big deal?

Multi-billionaires are bad enough; a trillionaire is a magnitude worse
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers personnel at the O.B. Curtis Water Treatment Plant, which serves Jackson, Mississippi. Photo: Sabrina Dalton, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Appeals court rules the constitution guarantees no right to clean water

A dissenting judge compared the Jackson, Mississippi water crisis to Flint's
The Lyndon Baines Johnson Department of Education Building in Washington, D.C. Photo: Farragutful / CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Democratic attorneys general say Education Department is hiding 1,300 documents on its layoffs

A privilege log lists nearly 1,300 records the agency says are too sensitive to hand over.