Tuesday, March 25, 2025

Tag: Gilded Age

Musk, Trump, and the second Gilded Age

Will their audacity and excesses usher in a second progressive era?

Credit-card wars

It’s time for Americans worried about living in a country whose inequality gap could soon surpass that of the Gilded Age to begin paying real attention to our “credit-card wars.”

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U.S. denies French scientist entry over anti-Trump text messages

Trump administration, free speech, academic freedom, border security, France, scientific research, political censorship, U.S. immigration, CBP, FBI, diplomatic relations.

Is America lurching from hard-to-govern to ungovernable – besieged by vengeful, federalist-hating oligarchs?

It’s now federalism (not the economy), stupid! The hard-right “revolution” IS being televised.

Trump rages to snuff out Democracy’s candle

Will We Rage Against the Dying of Its Light?

Resistance is alive and well in the United States

In fact, our research shows that street protests today are far more numerous and frequent than skeptics might suggest.

Trump orders crackdown on law firms challenging his administration

Trump directs DOJ to target law firms that challenge his administration, sparking backlash from legal advocacy groups.