by Isaiah J. Poole | Aug 17, 2017 | Blog
It has, today, come to this: The person holding the title of president of the United States in 2017 decries the loss of "beautiful statues and monuments" to white supremacy, "sad to see the history and culture of our great country being ripped apart." This is a new...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Aug 10, 2017 | Blog
The millions who gathered in Washington and around the country for the historic Women's March, one day after Donald Trump's inauguration, made an indisputable statement: Trump may have won the presidency, but he did not win a mandate to govern. The chants of...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Aug 3, 2017 | Blog
President Trump has resurrected an old canard in his effort to sell a new effort to restrict immigration into the United States. The legislation he backs, he said at a White House ceremony, was necessary in part to protect "minority workers competing for jobs against...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Jul 13, 2017 | Blog
Wall Street, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and right-wing Republicans are ganging up again this week against consumers who want to hold financial institutions that rip them off accountable. The target this time is a rule issued this week by the Consumer Financial...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Jun 12, 2017 | Blog
The Cook Political Report, one of the most respected handicappers of political races, doesn’t count New Jersey’s fourth congressional district – which encompasses most of central New Jersey – as even plausibly competitive for a Democrat. It’s now represented by a...
