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The Government Shutdown Expands the Ranks of ‘Underwater Nation’

Unemployment is low, but federal employees are lining up at food banks. They aren’t alone.

Maintaining our bloated machine on earth costs over $700 billion a year. Trump wants to blast those costs into space.

The president is going to demonize the media no matter what they do. So why not do the right thing?

Mercury regulations save 11,000 lives each year. Now, the EPA wants to weaken them.

Republicans stood by a president who bragged about assaulting women. Now they have thoughts about propriety.

The White House’s “rule or ruin” strategy — wall or shutdown! — is anti-democratic.

Kicking the can down the road appears to be a bipartisan sport in Washington.

If you can’t stand the heat, get out of the kitchen.

Relocating federal agencies to the heartland would create jobs, revitalize cities, and put government more in touch with the people.

We need a plan to save the planet while creating great jobs. Actually, there is one.