This is going to be one of the greatest tests the right-wing media machine has ever faced.
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Posted inEducation in America
Repealing Title IX Guidelines on Sexual Assault: A Dialogue
Alexandra Brodsky and Lara Bazelon debate the merits of the Obama administration’s guidelines on sexual assault on campus.
Posted inAmerica and the World
The Moves of a Desperate Man
Netanyahu is fighting the law. Who will win?
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
The Top-Sideways Revolt of the Anti-Trump Republicans
Some eminent Republicans may have repudiated Trump, but absent audible rumblings from the GOP base, they’re not likely to add to their ranks.
Posted inCivil Rights in America
On Election Security, Feds Flounder While States Make Strides
Trump’s “election integrity” commission has sucked all the air out of the room, but the real work of securing the nation’s voting system is happening far outside the Beltway.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Republicans Want to Make Corporate Tax Avoidance Even Easier
An obscure provision in the Trump tax plan—the territorial system—would further encourage multinationals to shift profits to low (or no) tax havens.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
In Flake, Bannon Claims Another Victim
The white nationalist virus is infecting major segments of the U.S. body politic and the institutions that maintain democracy.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Turning the Page on Low-Wage America
Government policy is what created today’s economic inequality. But it can also be what reverses it.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Janus: A New Attack Presents Old Challenges for Unions
There’s a new case against public-sector unions headed to the Supreme Court. But the challenges it presents are anything but new.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Is Trump Smart Enough to Reappoint Janet Yellen?
Despite the dreaded taint of Barack Obama, she’s been very good for the economy, and the others on his list are far worse.