Volcanoes are erupting in The Philippines, but on-fire Australia received some welcome rain. The Iran war cries have been called off and The Donald’s military powers are about to be hamstrung by the Senate. Meanwhile, his impeachment trial is starting, and we’re all on Twitter for a front-row seat.
Article Source: TIME
01/20/2021
Democracy Barely Prevailed
But Biden's Inauguration Should Still Give Us New Hope.
01/15/2021
Madeleine Albright: ‘Us vs. Them’ Thinking Is Tearing America Apart. But Here’s Why I’m Still Hopeful About the Future
At this moment of shock, sadness, and hope, it might be wise to reflect on the two most dangerous words in the human vocabulary: “us” and “them.”
01/16/2021
The U.S. Capitol Riot Was Years in the Making. Here’s Why America Is So Divided
There is no advanced industrial democracy in the world more politically divided, or politically dysfunctional, than the United States today. How did the world’s most powerful country get to this point?
12/15/2020
If We’re Serious About Saving the U.S. Economy, We Need to Bail Out the Cities
State bailouts are vital and imperative to the economic recovery of the entire country.
12/03/2020
One Thing Did Actually Work Out This Year: U.S. Democracy
There were so many ways it could have gone wrong that many of us have failed to appreciate how much went deeply right.
11/23/2020
As Congress Fails to Act, Only the Fed Can Save the Economy
11/06/2020
If We Don’t Move Fast, the Economy Is Going to Get Much Worse
Lame duck governments aren’t known for doing much except preparing to leave. We need this one to take real action.
09/15/2020
America is a Tale of Fractured Economic Realities
And that's stopping us from fixing this crisis.
10/08/2020
The Ugly Partisan Truth Behind President Trump’s Stimulus Roadblock
You might think that authorizing another round of perhaps $2 trillion in stimulus would be in the interest of a White House seeking to curry support ahead of the election, but there are reasons for their ambivalence: the harms of this COVID-19 recession are starkly uneven, and are disproportionately hurting those who favor the Democrats, especially poor and minorities workers clumped in urban areas as well as service industry workers all over the country.