President Trump’s plans to give a massive tax break to the rich but a polling shows that an overwhelming majority of Americans favor raising taxes on the wealthy. The disconnect could complicate Republican efforts to pass tax legislation this year. “As progressives strategize for the tax fight coming this fall, they open the debate with […]
I never had the chance to meet Dick Gregory, the stand-up comedian who became a ’60s-era civil rights activist, but I’ve felt his presence all around me. Gregory died Saturday in Washington, D.C. at age 84. Gregory lived not too far from my home in northwest Washington and I often saw him moving about the […]
Vice President Mike Pence went to the Panama Canal last week and gave a speech comparing his boss to President Teddy Roosevelt, who played a key role in getting the canal built. “And in President Donald Trump, I think the United States once again has a president whose vision, energy, and can-do spirit is reminiscent of […]
A study on the health impacts of mountaintop removal by the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine has been suspended after the Department of the Interior told the group it was reviewing grants in advance of budget cuts. The two-year project, “Potential Human Health Effects of Surface Coal Mining Operations in Central Appalachia,” began […]
The Environmental Protection Agency is seeking permission from a federal court to further delay the implementation of rules — already a decade overdue — that would reduce the level of haze-causing pollution from power plants in Texas. EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt asked the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia on Friday to extend […]
NEW YORK, NEW YORK — During this particular moment of heightened racial and political tension across the country, the New York Liberty of the WNBA are hoping to find some common ground. The organization partnered with the Ross Initiative in Sports for Equality (RISE) for a town hall meeting prior to Sunday’s game against the […]
University of Wisconsin-Madison’s anonymous complaints of sexual harassment often rest on “institutional memory” and there is no actual requirement in place to document them, according to the Wisconsin State Journal. There are two channels for sexual harassment reports at the university. Students and employees can file formal complaints, which results in an investigation by the […]
President Trump’s refusal to condemn white supremacists for the violence that took place at a white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia earlier this month has prompted strong reactions. But while many have expressed disgust with Trump’s equivocations, at least one group is feeling inspired by it: the Ku Klux Klan. “We’re so proud of Trump. He […]
House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) said in a statement Monday that he was “struck by the tone Heather Heyer’s parents took at her memorial service,” saying their call for “healing and forgiveness” was a powerful example. “Here they are suddenly grieving and saying goodbye to their daughter, taken by an act of domestic terrorism,” Ryan […]
In a draft special report meant to summarize the current state of climate science, the report’s authors were unequivocal: Climate change is real, it’s happening now, and it will have major consequences for the United States. The special report is was supposed to be part of a larger report known as the National Climate Assessment, […]
Three days after he was scheduled to speak at the Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville—a speech that never occurred as the event descended into violence that left one woman dead and 19 others injured—Holocaust denier and far-right radical Augustus Sol Invictus announced that he is running for the U.S. Senate as a Republican. Wearing […]
Over the weekend, approximately 80 current and former NYPD officers held a rally with activists in support of Colin Kaepernick, the former San Francisco 49ers quarterback who started a wave of national anthem protests last fall when he took a knee during the anthem to protest police brutality and systematic racism. Kaepernick, who led his […]
Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) called on the House Judiciary Committee last week to hold hearings on white supremacists and other hate groups, but in June, Issa gave an interview at a conference put on by a group the Southern Poverty Law Center has labeled a hate group and white supremacist organization. In a letter to […]
This year feels like the end of the world and, on Monday, it will look like it: The moon will come between the Earth and the sun, and the United States will experience its first coast-to-coast solar eclipse in 99 years. Is there any event more tonally perfect for 2017 than a total solar eclipse? […]
This is the second in a series on Christian nationalism and the religious groups supporting Donald Trump. You can read the first one here, and stay tuned for further entries in the coming weeks. When President Donald Trump defended white nationalists last week, it seemed like much of the country couldn’t condemn him fast enough. […]
For years, Donald Trump repeatedly called for a total withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan, calling military operations there a waste of money and lives. But now, as president, Trump will use his first prime time address to the nation on Monday to announce a new strategy in Afghanistan. According to multiple reports, Trump will […]
