California Is Fighting Trump for Clean Air California Is Fighting Trump for Clean Air
The president has overturned a 50-year waiver that allows the state to set its own standards—but California, allied with other states, is fighting back.
Mar 16, 2020 / Feature / Sasha Abramsky
Prayer Will Not Stop the Coronavirus Prayer Will Not Stop the Coronavirus
The pandemic lays bare how American politicians have ignored the past and its injustices. It’s time for repentance, not just prayer.
Mar 15, 2020 / Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II and Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove
The 2020 Election in the Time of Pandemic The 2020 Election in the Time of Pandemic
Moderates and Trump are working together to make sure we all die? That’s unity!
Mar 13, 2020 / Tom Tomorrow
Republican Xenophobia Is Going to Make the Pandemic Much Worse Republican Xenophobia Is Going to Make the Pandemic Much Worse
Trump is ramping up hatred of foreigners during a crisis that requires international cooperation.
Mar 13, 2020 / Jeet Heer
Our Worst Crisis Since 2008… and We Have an Idiot at the Helm Our Worst Crisis Since 2008… and We Have an Idiot at the Helm
Trump offers nothing but bigotry, ignorance, and pathological narcissism.
Mar 13, 2020 / Sasha Abramsky
Trump Wouldn’t Save You From This Pandemic Even if He Could Trump Wouldn’t Save You From This Pandemic Even if He Could
This administration has always prioritized Wall Street over working Americans. Its response to the coronavirus will be more of the same.
Mar 13, 2020 / Nomi Prins
Trump’s Coronavirus Response Is Going to Get Someone Hurt Trump’s Coronavirus Response Is Going to Get Someone Hurt
In the absence of any real plans to stem the virus, Trump is turning to the kind of “us vs. them” rhetoric that can only lead to violence.
Mar 12, 2020 / Elie Mystal
What’s Behind Trump’s Bogus, Corrupt, Dangerous Travel Ban? What’s Behind Trump’s Bogus, Corrupt, Dangerous Travel Ban?
As always with this president, there is a layer of toxic ideological motivation—that will cost American lives.
Mar 12, 2020 / Bruce Shapiro
An Internal Pandemic Document Shows the Coronavirus Gives Trump Extraordinary Powers An Internal Pandemic Document Shows the Coronavirus Gives Trump Extraordinary Powers
A leaked Customs and Border Protection directive allows the agency to actively surveil and detain individuals suspected of carrying the illness—indefinitely.
Mar 12, 2020 / Ken Klippenstein
During a Pandemic, Trump’s ‘Bullshit’ Will Be Deadly During a Pandemic, Trump’s ‘Bullshit’ Will Be Deadly
The president cannot recognize, much less deal with, reality.
Mar 12, 2020 / Column / Eric Alterman