Nothing good can come from a presidential visit by a man determined to lead the country to the dark side after Charlottesville.
Donald Trump
Posted inEconomic Policy
Paying for Trump’s Tax Cuts Would Devastate the Poor
When you consider how the GOP will finance their steep tax cuts, things look even grimmer for low- and middle-income Americans.
Posted inCivil Rights in America
A Post-Charlottesville To-Do List for Anti-Trumpers
Some ways to counter the neo-fascists and their president
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Democrats’ ‘Better Deal’ on Trade Is Better Than What We Have Now
But it has a way to go before it truly makes our trade policy fair and open.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Steve Bannon, Unrepentant
Trump’s embattled strategist phones me, unbidden, to opine on China, Korea, and his enemies in the administration.
Posted inLaw and Justice
White Supremacists Stand by Trump, and He Returns the Favor
At a press conference, the president blamed the melee in Charlottesville on the left as much as the right, echoing far-right talking points.
Posted inAmerica and the World
The Guns of August ‘Locked and Loaded’
Donald Trump takes America to the brink.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Trump, Walker, and the Foxconn Con
Republicans amp up their race-to-the-bottom approach to economic development.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
U.S. vs. North Korea: The Winner? China
China has no reason to restrain Kim too soon, or for too modest a price.
Posted inCivil Rights in America
The ‘Many Sides’ of Trump’s Moral Rot
He can’t even bring himself to pretend to oppose white supremacists and neo-Nazis—and every Republican who supported him is culpable.
