How is Trump changing the global economy with his trade policies? (Soumaya Keynes)
President Donald Trump tweeted back in March that “trade wars are good and easy to win.” But from alienating America’s closest allies to his increasingly hard-line rhetoric towards China and Iran, is ...
8 Aug 201827min
What is Congress doing to the Endangered Species Act? (Jackie Flynn Mogensen)
In less than two weeks, Republicans in Congress have put forth 12 different measures aiming at loosening enforcement of the Endangered Species Act. As reported by Mother Jones assistant editor Jackie ...
25 Jul 201824min
What do Putin's comments in Helsinki mean? (Joshua Keating)
While most of the coverage of the President’s joint press conference with Vladimir Putin in Helsinki, Finland on Monday focused on what was widely seen as Trump’s deference towards the Russian preside...
18 Jul 201829min
Which 1987 Supreme Court nominee is Brett Kavanaugh? (Mark Walsh)
President Ronald Reagan appointed two men for the Supreme Court in 1987. The first, Robert Bork, was rejected by the Senate by a 42 to 58 margin for his conservative views on personal privacy and the...
11 Jul 201824min
Did Hunter S. Thompson predict the rise of Trumpism in 1966? (Susan McWilliams)
Susan McWilliams is a professor of politics at Pomona College and the granddaughter of Carey McWilliams, editor of The Nation magazine from 1955 to 1975. It was during that time that Hunter S. Thomso...
4 Jul 201829min
How is Mike Pompeo changing the State Department? (Nahal Toosi)
It’s been nearly two months since former CIA director and Kansas congressman Mike Pompeo was sworn in as the 70th secretary of state. Though the general sentiment at the State Department may be that h...
27 Jun 201826min
Did U.S. officials lose track of 6,000 children at the border? (Anita Kumar)
Last month, when federal officials revealed that they had lost track of nearly 1,500 unaccompanied minors who had arrived on the southern border alone without their parents, the admission caused a na...
20 Jun 201833min
What happened at President Trump’s Singapore summit with Kim Jong Un? (Jenny Town)
Though it only includes 393 words, the signed agreement that resulted from President Donald Trump’s June 12 meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Singapore was hailed as a big win by both s...
13 Jun 201827min
