Presidents Don’t Have to Commit a Crime to Break the Law
Reading Time: 5 minutes Impeachment is about abuse of trust, abuse of power, abuse of the national interest — not jaywalking.
Trump’s Chilling Effect on Whistleblowers
Reading Time: 3 minutes Coordinated attacks from the president and administration-friendly media have spooked government employees who might want to expose wrongdoing.
Gig Workers’ Rights Fight Ensnares Creative Freelancers
Reading Time: 7 minutes Can the labor rights movement balance the needs of contract workers with those of genuine independent contractors?
Impeachment: Round One. Kangaroos Win.
Reading Time: 6 minutes No need to watch this stuff, because we did it for you.
Note to the Gun Lobby: Try to Aim Higher
Reading Time: 3 minutes You say you’re patriots, but your menacing rhetoric suggests contempt for democracy.
Congressional Watchdog: Trump’s OMB Violated the Law by Withholding Ukraine Aid
Reading Time: < 1 minute A legal decision issued by the Government Accountability Office on Thursday found that President Donald Trump’s White House acted illegally when it withheld aid to Ukraine. The finding comes at the onset of Trump’s impeachment trial and deals a blow to his defense that keeping the military assistance from Ukraine was an appropriate policy tool.
Impeachment, Trump, and the 2020 Election Race – World Reaction
Reading Time: 4 minutes As Donald Trump became only the third US president to be impeached, the implications of the House action for the 2020 election are being studied globally.
History Rhymes: Trump’s Quid Pro Quo Reprises Nixon’s
Reading Time: 9 minutes President Donald Trump’s attempted quid pro quo isn’t the first by a corrupt Republican president eager to discredit a likely Democratic opponent.
Are Americans Ready to Junk the Electoral College?
Reading Time: 5 minutes A growing number of 2020 Democratic presidential candidates have said the Electoral College is undemocratic and needs to be replaced. But, with what?
Who is William Barr? Attorney General’s Unknown Past
Reading Time: 16 minutes Ex-CIA officer Frank Snepp recalls the forgotten past of ex-CIA officer Bill Barr — and what Barr did that was so controversial the first time he was attorney general, nearly three decades ago.