Trump’s response to unrest raises concerns among those trained to detect democratic regression
Earlier this week, the country watched as the U.S. president walked across Lafayette Square outside the White House to stand in front of St. John’s Episcopal Church, hold a Bible and take a photo. In ...
4 Kesä 202018min
Trump threatened military action to quell protests. Can he do that?
Protests across the United States have intensified since last week over the death of George Floyd, a black man whose final gasps of“I can’t breathe” while in police custody, were caught on video in Mi...
2 Kesä 202016min
Public health partisanship confronts a new reality: The virus is surging in rural America
This week, the United States reached a grim milestone: Covid-19 deaths surpassed 100,000 in this country. In recent weeks, the geographic areas and the communities this deadly virus touches, have begu...
28 Touko 202033min
How Trump is leveraging the presidency to campaign against Biden
This presidential campaign season is unlike any other in history. I know, that sounds like something people in world of politics say a lot. But this time, in 2020, during a global pandemic, the campai...
21 Touko 202028min
Politics, pressure and pleas: The twisting case of Michael Flynn and the Justice Department
Last week, the Justice Department, led by Attorney General William P. Barr, moved to drop charges against President Trump’s former national security adviser Michael Flynn. Flynn has also been seeking ...
14 Touko 202033min
The president’s desperate push to reopen America
After weeks of stay-at-home orders and business closures, some parts of the United States are beginning to reopen. Since late March, President Trump has grappled with the White House’s guidance for wh...
7 Touko 202030min
The Postal Service is in dire need. Trump wants to block the loan that could save them.
The coronavirus pandemic has left a tremendous number of businesses across the country without the revenue they’re used to. For the U.S. Postal Service, its losses in revenue — both from the pandemic ...
30 Huhti 202035min
The U.S. is spending trillions to save the economy. Where does all that money come from?
Trillions of dollars have been injected into the U.S. economy since March. Late last month, Congress passed a $2 trillion relief bill, the Cares Act, designed to help the country cope with the economi...
23 Huhti 202029min
