Thursday, July 24, 2025

Tag: President Joe Biden

Young Indigenous organizers are taking the fight against oil pipelines to...

With the Line 3 and Dakota Access pipelines threatening Indigenous land, youth from the Standing Rock and Cheyenne River Sioux tribes ran 2,000 miles to deliver a powerful message to the new administration.

Biden promised to end standardized testing in schools—it was never going...

In education policymaking in Washington, D.C., the “bean counters” are still in charge.

Biden wants corporations to pay for his $2 trillion infrastructure plans,...

Put simply, a reasonable level of taxation can be thought of as the price corporations pay for all the benefits of American taxpayers have given them.

‘Revolutionary moment’: Biden White House announces major boost for offshore wind

“As our country faces the interlocking challenges of a global pandemic, economic downturn, racial injustice, and the climate crisis, we must transition to a brighter future for everyone.”

How to make sure Biden’s infrastructure plan can hold up to...

What if infrastructure were designed to meet shorter-term needs and also be easily adapted later for the future climate?

What the American Rescue Plan says about President Biden’s health care...

Indeed, for his first big move on health policy, Biden is strengthening private insurance.

The urgent need for a Biden-Putin summit

If the leaders of the two countries with more than 90 percent of the world’s nuclear warheads can’t have a summit meeting and talk with each other, we’re in trouble. Real trouble.

Same as the old boss? President Biden, revolving doors and foreign...

In the area of foreign policy the new boss in Washington doesn’t look much different from any of the old ones.

Ten problems with Biden’s foreign policy – and one solution

Biden should jettison the worst of Obama’s and Trump’s policies, and instead pick the best of them.

On shedding an obsolete past

Biden defers to the Blob...

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Trump administration defies one in three court orders, undermining rule of law

New analysis finds the Trump White House routinely ignores federal court rulings, triggering growing concern over constitutional crises and erosion of judicial power.

He came to the US to support his sick child. He was detained. Then...

Five days later, he was gone. At what was supposed to be his final asylum hearing on March 20, Rodríguez Parra was nowhere to be found.

Trump’s EPA deepens environmental rollback with delays, deregulation, and industry favoritism

From coal ash delays to dicamba reapproval, Trump’s EPA faces backlash for gutting public health safeguards and empowering polluters.

Firefighter shortage across US poses ‘dangerous’ risks as peak wildfire season ramps up

The country’s fire managers moved its response to “Preparation Level 4,” the second-highest designation, which shows that firefighting resources are heavily committed.

Millions exposed to toxic PFAS levels as EPA retreats from safety rules

New data reveals over 73 million Americans may be drinking water contaminated with toxic PFAS, while the EPA under Trump moves to weaken or repeal health standards.