Rights and Democracy
Turns Out Running the Country Isn’t Like Running a Business
Our president says he wants to run the country like a business. But it turns out running the government isn't like running a business after all. Trump, for his part, says he's located the source of the problem: the Constitution. All those checks and balances our...
The Post Office Delivers, Literally
A half-dollar hardly counts as money these days — it won't even buy a cup of coffee. But pssssst… here's an amazing half-dollar bargain for you: A first-class postage stamp. For 50 cents, you get the stamp, 3 cents in change, and America's phenomenal network of post...
The Crazier Than Thou Contest
Women’s Health Is on the Chopping Block, Again
My nieces, who range in age from 17 to 25, grew up in a very different world from the one I knew coming of age in the 1970s. For their entire lives, abortion has been legal. And Planned Parenthood and other women’s clinics have served as a steadfast source of health...
Why Scientists Marched
Hundreds of thousands of scientists and their supporters recently took to the streets, marching in favor of science-based policies. How did our science-denying president respond? With one of the biggest lies he's told to date — and that's saying something. "Rigorous...
Congrats, Graduates! Here’s Your Diploma and Debt
It’s that time of year again. Flowers are flowering, spring is springing, and across the country college graduates are graduating with their newly awarded degrees held high. Also high is the mountain of student debt most of these recent graduates are taking on. All...
Making United Great Again
You Pay Your Fair Share. Shouldn’t Wall Street?
Did you pay all of your taxes this April? Wall Street banks typically pay much less than the official 35 percent corporate tax rate. And yet after attacking Hillary Clinton for her ties to Wall Street, President Donald Trump is pushing reforms that would make it even...
Trump’s War on Urban ‘Carnage’ Was a Ruse
One of President Trump’s favorite themes is what he calls "American carnage" — typified by "the violence" and "the gangs." To that end, he's repeatedly highlighted the violence in Chicago. A few days after he was inaugurated, he even issued this warning via Twitter:...
Nuns Take On Wells Fargo
In an insightful song about outlaws, Woody Guthrie wrote this verse: "As through this world I travel / I see lots of funny men / Some'll rob you with a 6-gun / Some with a fountain pen." The fountain pens are doing the serious stealing these days. For example, while...
