
Utilities Are Shutting Off Power to a Growing Number of Households
While some states ban shutoffs during winter, summer outages are on the rise.
While some states ban shutoffs during winter, summer outages are on the rise.
The Trump administration’s level of malice is off the charts. Fortunately, so is its level of incompetence, which might prevent it from doing even worse damage to America.
Anyone — anyone — can be labeled a “security risk.”
It is not difficult to envision how the visit of second lady Usha Vance to Greenland could be turned into a spectacle that would allow Donald Trump to put more pressure on Greenlandic and Danish leaders.
Defending the indefensible is an unenviable task, but Trump administration officials from Pam Bondi to Tom Homan gave it a shot on Sunday.
Today is the 250th anniversary of Patrick Henry’s famous “Give me liberty or give me death” speech. In light of Donald Trump’s march toward authoritarianism, his words are as important now as they were then.
Trump’s party is removing any reference to historical records involving people of color and LGBTQ Americans.
Who are they coming for next?
Philosopher John Rawls dared to envision what a truly good and fair society would look like. It doesn’t look anything like us.
The speed and breadth with which Donald Trump is turning the United States into an authoritarian state, through both legal and unconstitutional means, is breathtaking.
Most of us don’t feel prepared to join a movement, much less start one. But it’s not as hard as you think. Doing small things together is how movements start — and grow into the force we want to become.
Legacy media wraps reality in velvet, right-wing media lights it on fire.
Think you know how wealth moves through the economy? Dean Baker reveals the hidden rules and policies that actually determine who gets ahead.
You might not think that Donald Trump bullying a law firm into submission is a particularly bad sign for where we are on the road to authoritarianism — but it is.
“The Trump administration is trying to roll back decades of critical health and safety regulations that have saved millions of lives and are all that’s standing between us and runaway climate change.”
It is rare for Republicans to voice any criticism of Donald Trump or Elon Musk. One GOP senator who occasionally does so knows why: fear.
Caught between Putin’s obstinate determination to keep pounding Ukraine and Donald Trump’s obvious sympathy for the Kremlin’s line, Kyiv faces a daunting future.
The Supreme Court and Chief Justice John Roberts played a major role in enabling Donald Trump (and paving the way to his election). Some hand-wringing now about statements the president made about impeaching judges does not change that.
The current administration continues to senselessly undermine efforts to reduce single-use plastics. But plastic never was and never will be disposable, and neither are the people it poisons.
Starting at the very top, the level of dishonesty in this administration is unprecedented and cause for grave concern.
Trump’s first-term tax breaks are set to expire at the end of this year. To renew them, Trump needs to raise cash fast. He hopes that tariffs will do the trick.
You’re breaking laws, and ruining lives, but have you ever considered the possibility that you may, someday soon — cross the wrong person?
Democratic leaders have a tendency to play things safe, which is the worst strategy to counter an authoritarian government. That approach has now resulted in record-low approval ratings that should serve as a wakeup call to start fighting back.
Just after midnight, Donald Trump took to social media to amplify a new conspiracy theory and declare void the pardons of members of the January 6 committee.
In order to keep Americans from souring on Donald Trump’s policies, Republicans have to (once again) lie to them and pretend that it is somehow Joe Biden’s fault that the previously solid economy is now faltering.
What more could Putin want? Destroying America’s government, insulting and threatening allies, and causing a great recession or depression?
Donald Trump’s apparent obsession with annexing more land coupled with his irrationality could easily result in him ordering an attack on a couple of NATO territories. What happens then?
Israel’s times may be “a-changin,” to borrow singer Bob Dylan’s phrase.
Private armies now threaten democracy. When billionaires can buy their own military force, warfare itself becomes a deadly business venture.
Senate Minority “Leader” Chuck Schumer (D-NY) announced on Thursday that he would vote with Republicans to push a GOP-backed continuing resolution through Congress.
Conservative conference featured global right-wing speakers from Liz Truss to JD Vance calling for an end to climate protections.
Donald Trump has made no secret out of wanting to use all levers of power against those whom he feels wronged him or who were involved in exposing his Big Lie.
As this week has shown, it’s not ideal to have a crazy person run the United States of America.
According to the founder of the Environmental Voter Project, the best way to move beyond despair is to take action.
As the world looks on agape at our leaders’ brash bullying tactics, the fight for decency is well under way in our neighborhoods and towns.
Fifty days into his presidency, how is Donald Trump doing? We looked at some of his major campaign promises and whether he has kept them.
Members of the opposition just disappearing is a hallmark of fascism. We now have our first case in the US.
When will AI get around to coming for its super-rich tech-bro fans?
Most Americans don’t have an inkling of how bad the damage is that Donald Trump is inflicting on the country right now.
Trump delivered his thanks to John Roberts with an “I got away with it” grin.
Ironically, destroying the government will become more difficult once it is shut down. Therefore, Donald Trump is not above a bit of groveling to get House Republicans to pass a continuing resolution.
Countless Africans are suffering from famine, disease, and conflicts. But only one group is deemed worthy by Donald Trump to become Americans. Not surprisingly, it’s the richest (and whitest).
If the alternative to dictatorship is civil war, what kind of civil war might be winnable?
The February jobs report lagged behind expectations. And who can blame employers for not hiring if they have to deal with Donald Trump’s erratic economic policies?