| Feb 20, 2025 | RoundupAlready under this new administration, tens of thousands of federal workers have lost their jobs or been strong-armed into accepting buyouts, a trend that shows no sign of slowing as unelected billionaire bureaucrat Elon Musk wages war on our taxpayer-funded civil...
| Feb 12, 2025 | RoundupAs the Trump team tries to “flood the zone” with executive orders and off-the-walls pronouncements, we’re slowing down a bit to look in more detail at the communities behind these headlines. This week in OtherWords, Alliyah Lusuegro — a Dreamer...
| Feb 5, 2025 | RoundupUnder pressure from the administration, many federal agencies have canceled their Black History Month celebrations this year. As Tracey L. Rogers writes this week in OtherWords, this fits right in with a years-long pattern now of banning books by Black authors,...
| Jan 29, 2025 | RoundupHas it really only been a week and a half? This week — yesterday, really — the Trump administration threw the entire federal government into chaos by trying to freeze an enormous swath of federal spending before public outcry and a court ruling forced them...
| Jan 22, 2025 | RoundupIn his last address as president, Joe Biden warned Americans of a looming “oligarchy” — that is, rule by and for a powerful few — that was fomenting “distrust and division.” Trump’s inauguration, which featured a host of tech...
| Jan 15, 2025 | RoundupPresident-elect Trump takes office again in just a few days. In our first package of 2025, we offer a few perspectives on his top priorities: An ugly immigration crackdown coupled with enormous tax cuts for corporations and the wealthy. “Trump campaigned on a...
