Obama’s Final Press Conference of 2016: This Is Not the Resistance You Were Looking for
The president’s base wanted fiery words and an explicit rebuke of Donald Trump. Instead, they got a lot…
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Could Overturning 185 Years of Precedent Let Donald Trump Keep His Businesses?
Another view of the clause in the Constitution regarding payments from foreign countries would let Trump off the…
Donald Trump’s Showdown With the Department of Energy Is a Sign of Things to Come
The federal government is about to lose a ton of institutional memory. By Jared Keller (Photo: Drew Angerer/Getty…
Is America Shifting on Arming Saudi Arabia?
The American government's conscience may be catching up to its arms-supply deals. Will that continue under President Trump?
A Historian of White Nationalism: ‘These Are Self-Motivating Armed People Seeking to Stop Evil With…
A conversation with Chip Berlet, a scholar of America’s extreme right. By A.C. Thompson A photograph with a…
Donald Trump Picks Rick Perry to Run the Department of Energy
The Donald Trump cabinet picks keep rolling in. The latest: Former Texas Governor Rick Perry has been tapped…
Will Women Hold National Security Positions Under a President Trump?
The Obama administration might provide an unlikely road map for women in the national security establishment under Donald…
The Supreme Court Passes on Ohio Lethal Injection Case
On Monday, the United State Supreme Court declined to hear the case of an Ohio death row inmate…
Food-Stamp Fear Mongers and the Racist Politics of Hunger
Food-stamp fear mongers suggesting low-income undocumented immigrants are disproportionately consuming the $55.7 billion spent on the Supplemental Nutrition…
Could Programs to Help Undocumented Immigrants Get Driver’s Licenses Backfire?
Advocates fear that programs in a dozen states might be used by a Trump administration to bolster deportations…