The Veterans Health Administration faces a staffing crisis, despite exemptions to President Trump’s recent federal hiring freeze.
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Three Reasons Trickle-Down Tax Cuts Don’t Work
But they’re a great way of making the rich richer, which is why Trump is proposing them.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Trump’s Immigration Crackdown is Dangerous for Workers (Not Just Immigrants)
With more aggressive immigration enforcement and less stringent labor law enforcement on the horizon, labor advocates are concerned about the undocumented workforce.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Impeachment or Impairment — the Inevitability of Trump’s Removal
After just one week.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
One Horrific Week in, Trump Remains Who He Always Was
Everything liberals warned the country about is coming true.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Awaiting Trump’s Pick
Two of the three favorites for a Supreme Court appointment are merely very conservative. The third is way very conservative.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
What’s Next? A Massive Fight Over Women’s Reproductive Health
People wondering what’s next after the Women’s March on Washington need only look at the Republican assault on abortion rights, which will complicate the GOP agenda on several fronts.
Posted inCivil Rights in America
If You’re Going to Deport Mexicans, Why Not the Irish?
Nativist and racist groups always blame crime—falsely—on immigrants.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Donald Trump: Trickle Downer of the Week
The deregulator-in-chief’s crusade to slash 75 percent of the federal government’s rules is based on the myth that regulations kill jobs.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Trump’s Super-Sized Global Gag Rule
Donald Trump did not just reinstate a pre-Obama ban on U.S. assistance to overseas groups that perform or even talk about abortion, he vastly expanded its reach.