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Trump’s Attacks on the Fed Fit a Troubling Pattern

By attacking the Federal Reserve’s independence, President Trump is putting the economy in danger — and attacking yet another qualified Black leader.

Those tax cuts for the wealthy are financed on the backs of families like yours and mine.

AI data centers produce massive noise pollution, use huge amounts of water, and keep us hooked on fossil fuels.

I worked for the Federal Trade Commission when we banned employers from trapping workers with “noncompete clauses.” Now that victory is in danger.

This GOP ploy is stripping away America’s fundamental principle of representative democracy.

Without a community, we look to “strongmen” to save us. What we really need is each other.

We should be funding schools, health care, and education, not $50,000 signing bonuses for ICE agents.

At the 100 largest low-wage corporations, the average CEO now makes 632 times more than a typical worker. And Americans are fed up.

Deploying the National Guard against D.C.’s unhoused population costs four times more than simply housing them. And that’s true across the country.

If someone like me can get trapped in the cycle of housing instability, anyone can. But the solutions are out there.