This week, Louise Linton, the wife of Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin, was forced to apologize for an “insensitive” comment she made on Instagram. While this may seem like nothing more than a silly social media spat, Linton’s comment is indicative of a much larger issue present in American conservative thought and public policy. After posting […]
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Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Paul Ryan Is Lying About High Corporate Tax Rates
Republicans are taking their corporate tax-cut campaign on the road. House Speaker Paul Ryan visited airplane manufacturer Boeing on Thursday in Washington state, where he lamented how the company is quivering underneath the weight of a 35 percent tax rate. Meanwhile, Ways & Means Chair Kevin Brady sang the same song at telecom giant AT&T’s […]
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Defending Their Own: Coast Guard Speaks Up After Trump Lashes Out at Transgender Soldiers
The Coast Guard has taken a leading role in efforts to push back against President Trump’s plan to ban transgender soldiers from military service. “The first thing we did was reach out to all 13 members of the Coast Guard who are transgender,” said Coast Guard Commandant Paul Zukunft in remarks at the Center for […]
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
New Registry Will Track Flint Residents Exposed to Lead
Nearly two years after the first reports of Flint’s contaminated water, Michigan has finally received funding to create a registry for affected residents. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services will award $14.4 million over four years to Michigan State University to create a registry for Flint residents exposed to lead-contaminated water. The water […]
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Heresy! Jeff Flake Attacks the President
Arizona’s senators are having a moment. Shortly after John McCain made headlines by joining with Senators Susan Collins and Lisa Murkowski to cast a Republican health-care bill into the legislative charnel house, Jeff Flake, a first-term Republican from the suburbs east of Phoenix, has put out a new book lambasting President Donald Trump. Flake’s book, […]
Posted inEconomic Policy
Trump’s Budget Would Eliminate Agency Tasked with Ending Homelessness
Included in President Donald Trump’s proposed $6 billion cut to the Department of Housing and Urban Development is the elimination of a small but vital program that has been a crucial force in driving down the U.S. homeless population. The United States Interagency Council on Homelessness (USICH) has a scheduled sunset date of October 2017 […]
Posted inEducation in America
Making Student Homelessness a Visible Issue
Saturday, July 22 marks the 30-year anniversary of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act, the federal government’s first major legislative response to homelessness. One important—and controversial—section of the law requires states to remove educational barriers experienced by homeless children and youth, out of recognition that many homeless children cannot enroll in school for a host of […]
Posted inCivil Rights in America
Voting-Rights Activists Rally Against Kobach Commission
As President Donald Trump’s so-called Election Integrity commission met near the White House for the first time on Wednesday morning, roughly 150 protesters gathered outside to voice their opposition to what many criticize as a thinly veiled attempt at voter suppression. The rally, organized by the nonprofit Hip Hop Caucus’s Respect My Vote! campaign, included […]
Posted inCivil Rights in America
Q&A: Virginia’s Danica Roem Aims to Fix Infrastructure — and Make History
If elected to the Virginia House of Delegates, Danica Roem would be the first openly transgender state representative in the United States. The 32-year-old Manassas native won a four-way Democratic primary on a platform of transportation, economic development, education, and inclusion, and is now running for Virginia’s 13th District against 11-term Republican incumbent Delegate Bob […]
Posted inElection Night Blog
Colorado Voters Flee Electoral Rolls Ahead of Advancing Trump Commission
In one of a handful of states vowing to comply with President Trump’s “voter fraud” commission, voters have begun preemptively withdrawing their registration en masse. In cities across Colorado, hundreds of individuals have asked to be withdrawn from voter rolls following the administration’s June 28 request for personal voter data from each state. In Denver, […]
