Rights and Democracy
The American People Need to Check the Supreme Court
The Court’s right-wing MAGA majority is shredding the Constitution and denying our rights.
Rural Communities Brace for Trump’s Health Cuts
Rural hospitals — often the largest employers as well as critical care providers in their regions — will be among the worst hit by the GOP’s Medicaid cuts.
Child Care Doesn’t Have to Be This Terrible
It was only after months of expensive child care stress that I learned other countries don’t do it this way.
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.
My Family Just Got Back on Our Feet. Trump’s Bill Could Knock Us Over Again.
Those tax cuts for the wealthy are financed on the backs of families like yours and mine.
Employers Want to Trap You in Dead-End Jobs. Will Trump’s FTC Help Them?
I worked for the Federal Trade Commission when we banned employers from trapping workers with “noncompete clauses.” Now that victory is in danger.
With Gerrymandering, Your Local Rep. Isn’t Local — And Isn’t Yours
This GOP ploy is stripping away America’s fundamental principle of representative democracy.
The Country of My Birth Is Losing Its Democracy. It Can Happen Here Too.
Without a community, we look to “strongmen” to save us. What we really need is each other.
Let’s Fund Real Public Safety, Not ICE
We should be funding schools, health care, and education, not $50,000 signing bonuses for ICE agents.
Trump’s Invasion of D.C. Costs Over $1 Million a Day. What Could That Fund Instead?
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.
