Tag: Trump
Why Michigan public school parents might be too strong of a...
Parents in DeVos’s backyard tell right-wing radicals, “No thank you to divisive, partisan agendas in schools.”
Georgia SOS Raffensperger flirts with Trump propagandists in reelection campaign
A principled conservative who rejected demands in 2020 to “find votes” is now singing a very different tune.
Unclear federal law allows logging, farming and mining to threaten America’s...
No version of “waters of the U.S.” (WOTUS), part of the Clean Water Act, adequately protects the nation’s natural areas.
New book argues mandatory voting will fulfill America’s promise of democracy
Miles Rapoport and E.J. Dionne say a healthier political culture and more representative government will result when all eligible citizens vote.
More than 80 election-denying candidates running for governor, attorney general and...
A series of reports underscore that disinformation is getting worse in 2022, not better.
Mailed ballots boosted 2020’s turnout—will it work in 2022?
New research on the 2020 election confirms that mailed-out ballots boost turnout—especially when there are no bureaucratic hurdles for voters.
Michigan initiatives clash on how to stop GOP’s election deniers
Competing state constitutional amendments go to different lengths to enshrine voting rights and target anti-voter legislation and court rulings.
Why the Freedom Convoy is more American than Canadian
Conservatives in the United States have fallen in love with the fringe
Conservatives in the United States have fallen in love with the fringe protests led by Canadian truckers. It is a cause that unites the libertarian and extremist wings of the GOP and offers a new front in the culture wars to mobilize right-wing forces.
How a cooperative run by the formerly incarcerated is reshaping Chicago’s...
Megacorporations tend to dominate food contracting with schools and other large facilities in America. In Chicago, Black formerly incarcerated people are prepping locally sourced meals for schools, nursing homes and transitional housing facilities.
All bets are off as Republican democracy killers concoct ever-scarier nightmares
While Democrats work at marginal political solutions, the radical right heads for the rocks, crying “full steam ahead.”