Tag: Trump administration
Betsy DeVos needs an education on ethics
The student loan sharks who prey on veterans and single moms have a friend in Trump's education secretary.
Massive broadcast merger between Sinclair, Tribune has many worried about propaganda
The Sinclair-Tribune merger would bypass the congressional cap set at 39 percent, but because of an FCC loophole, only a portion of Sinclair’s current stations are considered in the count.
The truth about an untethered Trump
We’re entering a new and more dangerous phase of Trump’s “divide and conquer” strategy, splitting the nation into warring camps.
A record-breaking number of females running for House in 2018 midterm...
With a total of 309 females who have filed candidacy papers to run for the House, it surpasses the record of 298 set in 2012.
Gunboat diplomacy and the ghost of Captain Mahan
Is the U.S. and China and the U.S. spawning a new great power naval rivalry?
How ‘Black Panther’ sees the world
Black Panther offers three alternatives to the current global status quo.
The most dangerous decade: 2018-2028
Without great restraint, diplomacy, wisdom and compromises, we will be sleepwalking into a nuclear disaster in the next decade.
A regime of austerity versus the common good
Today's Powers that Be (economic, political and media) are wrongly forcing a regime of austerity on our nation.
Trump signs proclamation to deploy National Guard troops to Mexico border
The number of National Guard troops being sent wasn't revealed, but deployment is said to happen immediately.
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ICE at the gates: Rights groups warn Trump airport deployment risks civil liberties crisis
Civil liberties advocates, unions, and lawmakers raise alarm over use of immigration agents in airport security amid shutdown-driven staffing crisis.
California’s herbicide spill ignites growing movement to ban paraquat nationwide
The spill, which closed a major highway and sent at least ten people to seek medical attention for respiratory symptoms, became a catalyst for a renewed political battle over the chemical's future in California.
Why Donald Trump just can’t stop going to war
When imperial America offers help, it just might get you killed.
The Age of Arrogant Amateurism – as ‘know-it-all’ opportunists seize power to control, not...
To win big in this brave new world, forget tested skill-sets and the wisdom of experience: chutzpah and risk-taking, even gambling, are paramount, then the facile ability to learn on the job how to cling to power.
Balanced budget amendment would put Social Security, Medicare, and core public services on the...
The proposal would make revenue increases extraordinarily difficult while allowing tax cuts to pass more easily, shifting pressure onto widely used federal programs.