What does President Trump want to do about the opioid crisis? (Jonah Walters)

What does President Trump want to do about the opioid crisis? (Jonah Walters)

"With approximately 142 Americans dying every day, America is enduring a death toll equal to September 11 every three weeks,” reads an interim report submitted to the White House earlier this month by President Trump’s Commission on Combating Drug Addiction and the Opioid Crisis, led by New Jersey governor Chris Christie. The report prompted the President, speaking from his Bedminster, N.J. golf club on Aug. 10, to declare the opioid crisis a “national emergency.” Yet there has been little in the way of concrete action in the month since Trump's pronouncement. On this week's TrumpWatch, Jesse’s guest Jonah Walters, a researcher at the quarterly magazine Jacobin, wonders if this lack of action is better than a lot of what the commander-in-chief has in mind. In his article “Ending the Opioid Crisis,” Jonah studies this national issue by exploring the local toll it has had on his hometown of Williamsport, PA.

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Series Finale: How did President Trump change the post-9/11 peace movement? (call-in special)

Series Finale: How did President Trump change the post-9/11 peace movement? (call-in special)

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What does climate change means for the affordable housing crisis? (Teresa Wiltz)

What does climate change means for the affordable housing crisis? (Teresa Wiltz)

Of all the consequences of climate change that we know about, one that rarely gets discussed is its affect on the affordable housing crisis. Back in June, President Trump (who has denied the existence...

4 Syys 201926min

Can 19 states stop the administration from detaining migrant children indefinitely? (Mica Rosenberg)

Can 19 states stop the administration from detaining migrant children indefinitely? (Mica Rosenberg)

On Monday, attorneys general for 19 states and the District of Columbia announced a lawsuit against the Trump administration in the hopes of blocking a sweeping new rule which would allow Immigratio...

28 Elo 201926min

Are veterans more likely to be denied green cards than active service members? (Yeganeh Torbati)

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Veterans of the US Armed Forces will have a harder time receiving green cards than currently active service members, according to a new report from Yeganeh Torbati, Isaac Arnsdorf and Dara Lind of Pr...

21 Elo 201927min

What will reinterpreting the Endangered Species Act mean for animals under threat of extinction? (Ben Lefebvre)

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On Aug. 12, the Trump administration announced plans to change how it how it enforces the Endangered Species Act, the landmark 1974 law believed to have rescued the bald eagle, the grizzly bear and t...

14 Elo 201927min

Will Russia hack our election systems again in 2020? (Christopher R. Deluzio and Adam Piore)

Will Russia hack our election systems again in 2020? (Christopher R. Deluzio and Adam Piore)

With all eyes trained on former special counsel Robert Mueller’s testimony before Congress, we take a look at the issue that got us here—Russian interference in the 2016 election. According to Adam P...

24 Heinä 201926min

Is the President's chief of staff building a right-wing empire in the White House? (Lisa Rein)

Is the President's chief of staff building a right-wing empire in the White House? (Lisa Rein)

Acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney reportedly told attendees at a recent fundraising retreat in Chicago that he doesn't attempt to control the President’s tweeting, time or family. Instea...

17 Heinä 201926min

Is there a culture of racism and misogyny among Border Patrol agents? (Ted Hesson)

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On July 1, when ProPublica reporter A.C. Thompson revealed the existence of a secret Facebook group of 9,500 Border Patrol agents with posts joking about migrant deaths and illustrations of the Presi...

10 Heinä 201927min

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