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The Good News About Trump’s Very Bad Environment Speech
Even Trump now senses that the electorate wants a 2020 candidate who takes climate change seriously.
The Gerrymandered States of America
The Supreme Court’s gerrymandering ruling could lock in white supremacist power for generations.
Congress Loves Socialized Health Care — For Itself
Members can walk straight into a Capitol Hill clinic, get treated without insurance, and count on taxpayers to cover the tab.
We Have the Money to Fix Our Food System
Imagine supporting farmers markets, child nutrition, and local agriculture with money we spend on factory farms.
Trump Can’t Blame His Cruelty on Obama
Obama’s record on immigration was flawed, but a center I visited in 2010 was far more humane than what we see now.
Our Immigrant Prisons Are an Atrocity
Children are suffering and dying. Enough is enough.
What Sanctions Mean for My Iranian-American Family
As innocent people suffer, break-ins are on the rise — including at my grandparents’ house.
Our Goose Is Cooked
A recipe for disaster for our nation of immigrants.
Don’t Send Refugees Back to Danger
We’re forcing asylum seekers to wait indefinitely in some of the world’s most dangerous cities. That has to stop.
How Do You Celebrate a Flawed Nation?
To love America is to love the movements that have fought for centuries to make it better.