The incompetence and greed of this administration could now literally cost many Americans their lives in a major public-health crisis.
Executive Branch
Posted inDay One Agenda
Rethinking OIRA: Laying the Groundwork for a Progressive Presidency
The agency currently works to slow down and stop regulatory action. It could be put to use to accelerate it.
Posted inPolitics
Bloomberg: The ‘Democrat’ Who Treated Minorities as Inherently Criminal
If separating immigrant children from their parents at the border upsets you, Michael Bloomberg’s policies separated black and brown children from their parents all across New York.
Posted inPolitics
Can Americans Stop a Demagogue?
Patricia Roberts-Miller is the author of ‘Demagoguery and Democracy.’ The University of Texas at Austin professor of rhetoric breaks downs how demagogues succeed in destabilizing societies—and what that means for the United States.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Five Ways Donald Trump Has Not Drained the Swamp
It seems like forever ago when Donald Trump promised to ‘drain the swamp’ if elected president. Well, it turns out this was one of the biggest whoppers in modern American politics.
Posted inDay One Agenda
The Day One Agenda Polls Pretty Well
And where the polling is more mixed says a lot about where Democratic politics focuses its energies these days.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Want to Kick-Start a Progressive Agenda? Start With Public-Sector Labor Law Reform
No federal law permits public employees to unionize. That needs to change.
Posted inDay One Agenda
Warren Commits to Using Executive Authority to Cancel Student Debt
Using the power granted under the Higher Education Act, Warren vows to cancel student debt on day one.
Posted inDay One Agenda
Make Progress on All Fronts: A Response to Jacobin
A Jacobin writer attacks the Day One Agenda. Here’s our rebuttal.
Posted inAmerica and the World
Russia, America, and Creeping Authoritarianism
Anastasia Edel, author of ‘Russia: Putin’s Playground: Empire, Revolution, and the New Tsar,’ has critiqued the Trump administration’s inhumane immigration policies and warns that Americans should be on guard against what could come next.
