by Isaiah J. Poole | Aug 29, 2017 | Democracy
President Trump has planned a visit to the Texas Gulf Coast on Tuesday to survey some of the devastation done by Hurricane Harvey since it hit landfall on Friday. As he is doing that, let's survey the devastation left behind by Hurricane Trump since Friday to our...
by Jacob Swenson-Lengyel | Mar 8, 2017 | Democracy
Exclusive access to President Trump might sound good to a CEO, but it comes at a cost to your business. Just ask Uber chief Travis Kalanick. In early February, Kalanick was compelled to step down from Trump's closed-door economic advisory council after People’s Action...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Jan 12, 2017 | Blog, Democracy
The face of Jim Crow wasn't always the hooded Klansman, the defiant governor at the schoolhouse door or the club-wielding sheriff. It often smiled, uttered smooth words and offered a pat on the shoulder to quell the bubbling uprising. Racism, in other words, could...
by Judith LeBlanc | Dec 5, 2016 | Blog, Climate, Democracy
Sunday’s announcement that the federal government will not approve a permit for a segment of the Dakota Access Pipeline through the Standing Rock territory in North Dakota was a landmark environmental justice and Native tribal sovereignty victory. That victory,...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Nov 18, 2016 | Democracy, The Trump Swamp
In what can rightfully be described as a "basket of deplorables" being offered up to lead the Trump administration, Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) stands apart. And we are going to have to unite to stand up against the nomination of Sessions to be attorney general. "Like...
by LeeAnn Hall | Nov 17, 2016 | Conservatism, Democracy, Progressive Vision, The Trump Swamp
We’re already starting to see how America’s gamble on Donald Trump will pay off: with gifts to the corporations and billionaires he swore he’d put us above. One of Trump’s first priorities is to repeal one of the only federal laws standing between us and Wall Street....
