by Leo Gerard | Feb 28, 2017 | Blog
President Donald Trump met with a bunch of CEOs at the White House last week, prompting the same old, tired and untrue round of assertions that America lost millions of manufacturing jobs because of automation, regulation, illegal immigration and lack of education....
by Xoai Pham | Feb 27, 2017 | Blog
I’m a 21-year-old trans woman. To some, I’m still a kid. To my mother, I’m still a baby. Almost all my life, going to the bathroom had been an easy thing, one of the most basic body functions. I didn’t realize that the bathroom would be such a place of contention...
by Sam Pizzigati | Feb 27, 2017 | Blog
Law enforcement officers should enforce the law. America’s hardliners on immigration really believe that, and so does President Trump. They want local police out looking for illegal immigrants and actively helping "the feds" deport them. Local police officials - in...
by Richard Eskow | Feb 26, 2017 | Blog
The meetings of the Democratic National Committee (DNC) and Conservative Political Action Committee (CPAC) were a study in contrasts. Both told stories to unite their faithful. At CPAC, activists fell in line, while at the DNC, the fight for leadership revealed...
by Jeff Bryant | Feb 24, 2017 | Blog
Since President Donald Trump picked Betsy DeVos to be his new Education secretary, there's been lots of talk in the media that his administration, with his secretary out front, will push for vouchers so parents can withdraw their children from public schools...
by Mehrdad Azemun | Feb 24, 2017 | Blog
On the same day the Trump administration detailed its cruel plan to target and deport undocumented immigrants, Chicago Public Schools sent some guidance to its principals: “ICE should not be permitted access to CPS facilities or personnel except in the rare instance...
