Tag: SOTU
The stateless of the union: Trump’s war on immigrants
The opening words of the U.S. Constitution are "We the People." Far more powerful than any single president, it is that collective force that will save us.
The State of the Plutocracy: The Kabuki President on Money in...
Though Obama campaigned against the way Washington does business, his most historic advances have been for the militarized plutocracy that he campaigned against.
The SOTU 2016: The Future is Friendly?
Not only has Obama progressed the democratic dialogue, but he has represented the hallmark of open democratic government and has clearly silhouetted his governing vision.
A Breakdown of the Top Foreign Policy Points in Obama’s Speech
While he slighted foreign policy during his State of the Union speech, President Obama has avoided new conventional wars. Here are a few other foreign policy highlights worth underlining.
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Trump-backed PAC took $5 million from tobacco giant before FDA opened door to flavored...
A multimillion-dollar contribution from Reynolds American was disclosed days before tobacco executives met with President Trump and less than a week before federal regulators issued guidance that could expand flavored vape sales and benefit major cigarette manufacturers.
Suicide is never painless—yet right-wing implosions bring positive changes
The dread now transcends democracy,/ But what survives kakistocracy?
Alex Saab and the fragility of the solidarity movement
It’s difficult not to see the renewed imprisonment of Alex Saab as a disappointing capitulation to U.S. coercion after so many of us fought for his freedom, but we cannot forget the task at hand.
DHS warehouse jail plan signals historic expansion of immigration detention
Documents and reporting reveal a sweeping plan to convert warehouses and deploy military contracting to rapidly expand immigration jails across the United States.
States introduce temporary moratoriums, strict conditional restrictions pausing new construction of data centers
At least 12 states have introduced measures to temporarily ban or strictly regulate large-scale data center development