It’s not only with whites. It reaches well into the party’s base.
Features
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
The War on Facts Hits Prescription Drug Regulation
The FDA’s authority was under legal attack even before Trump. Now the agency faces a triple threat.
Posted inBooks, Arts and Culture
There’s a Logic to Trump’s War On the Media
Trump goes after the news media not because he thinks they’re strong, but because he thinks they’re weak and he can diminish them further.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
The Incoming Privatization Assault
Get ready for everything from private infrastructure and private prisons to voucherized schools and Medicaid.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
Saving the Planet Goes Local
The Trump administration plans to decimate environmental safeguards—so blue states and cities are stepping up their efforts to arrest climate change.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
The War on Regulation
Under Trump, it’s open season on health, safety, labor, financial, and environmental measures—that protect people who voted for him.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Trumping State Regulators and Juries
The right backs states’ rights when that’s convenient—but uses federal preemption to overrule blue state policies.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
No Factions in Foxholes
Confronted by the crisis that is the Trump presidency, American progressives have overcome identity politics’ barriers and joined up in mutual defense.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
The Anti-Trump Movement: Recover, Resist, Reform
The profusion of citizen organizing as defense—and offense
Posted inEconomic Policy
Can the Democratic Party Be White Working Class, Too?
While Hillary Clinton was losing Montana by more than 23 points, Steve Bullock was elected governor running as a progressive Democrat. What can the rest of us learn from Montana?
