The Trump administration has denied legally obligated funds to thousands of organizations dependent on federal grants, causing layoffs, service cuts, and mass anxiety.
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The Mystery of Continuing Democratic Support for Offensive Arms to Israel
Today on TAP: Last week, 27 Democratic senators voted to ban such sales. But 17 voted to let them continue.
Posted inPolitics
Opposition Party Decides to Oppose
Today on TAP: Democrats are fighting in Washington and Austin, denying quick victories to authoritarians.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
The Illusion of Choice
Republicans say that VA patients can get equivalent private-sector care anywhere in the U.S. Here’s a 50-state reality check.
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The NIH Funding Wars
Today on TAP: Are Republican senators more loyal to Trump, or to their home-state economies?
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The Premature Guide to Post-Trump Reform
American history offers three general strategies of repair and renewal.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
The Second Gilded Age Is Resembling the First
It’s the return of rotten boroughs, railroad barons, and constant graft.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
Privatizing Veterans’ Health Care Will Be a Disaster
Thousands of VA health care workers have been fired. Private-sector replacements will be worse.
Posted inPolitics
Greg Casar Is Organizing to Win
The new chair of the Progressive Caucus wants to do for Democrats what he did for construction workers in Texas.
Posted inAmerica and the World
Israel’s Endgame Is Obliterating Palestine
Gaza is being deliberately starved. The West Bank is next.
