The Voting Rights Act Is Again Under Attack
The Voting Rights Act turns 60 today. It was signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson during the peak of the Civil Rights Movement, with the goal of ensuring that Black Americans could actually ...
6 Aug 202526min
Amid Bad Jobs Report, Trump White House Leans Into Politics
The fallout from President Donald Trump’s decision last week to fire the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics over what he called a ‘rigged’ jobs report continued Monday, as White House officials ru...
5 Aug 202522min
How The Israeli Far Right And Netanyahu Embolden Each Other
U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee and Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff traveled to Gaza Friday to tour an Israeli-backed aid site, amid growing global outcry over the country’s handling of its wa...
4 Aug 202524min
Why Red And Blue States Are Waging A Redistricting War
Republicans in the Texas State House released their plans to redraw the state’s congressional map this week. It’s a nakedly partisan gambit to maximize GOP wins in next year’s midterm elections, all a...
1 Aug 202525min
Loyalty Over Competence At Trump's Justice Department
The Senate on Tuesday confirmed Emil Bove as a federal appeals court judge, a lifetime appointment to a perch one rung below the U.S. Supreme Court. Bove, who served as President Donald Trump’s person...
31 Jul 202523min
Trump's Tariff Deadline Is Two Days Away
Friday is President Donald Trump’s alleged tariff deadline, the day when dozens of countries either have to reach a new trade deal with the U.S. or face the possibility of sky-high duties on their imp...
30 Jul 202522min
All Eyes On Gaza As Hunger Crisis Grows
Global outrage is building as the hunger crisis in Gaza descends into new depths of horror. Even aid workers themselves — the people tasked with helping Palestinians find food and water — say they, to...
29 Jul 202526min
New EPA To Argue Greenhouse Gases Are Totally Fine
Sometime this week, the Trump Administration is expected to launch an assault on one of the major cornerstones of U.S. climate policy, known as the 'endangerment finding.' It's the scientific conclusi...
28 Jul 202529min
