Government shutdown

Flint Water Plant tower

With the Government Shut Down, Is Your Water Safe? With the Government Shut Down, Is Your Water Safe?

The government shutdown is putting further stress on a regulatory system already strained to the breaking point.

Jan 18, 2019 / Michelle Chen

Nancy Pelosi Is Done Enabling Trump and the GOP

Nancy Pelosi Is Done Enabling Trump and the GOP Nancy Pelosi Is Done Enabling Trump and the GOP

Pelosi understands the role she plays as a check on an out-of-control presidency, and this is only the first of many times we will see her play it.

Jan 17, 2019 / Joan Walsh

Stand With Los Angeles Teachers on Strike

Stand With Los Angeles Teachers on Strike Stand With Los Angeles Teachers on Strike

Plus ways to support furloughed federal workers and oppose Betsy Devos’s destructive sexual-assault policies.

Jan 15, 2019 / StudentNation / NationAction

Tom Tomorrow cartoon

Life in the Stupidverse: Government Shutdown Edition Life in the Stupidverse: Government Shutdown Edition

Folks, you can’t have Big Government if there is no government at all.

Jan 15, 2019 / Tom Tomorrow

President Donald Trump

Trump Got Rich by Screwing Over Workers—Of Course He’s Doing It Again as President Trump Got Rich by Screwing Over Workers—Of Course He’s Doing It Again as President

“For decades, Trump repeatedly didn’t pay those who worked for him, and now that he’s in the White House, little has changed.”

Jan 11, 2019 / John Nichols

Shutdown Worker

Who Gets Hurt When the Government Shuts Down? Who Gets Hurt When the Government Shuts Down?

The people who rely on the government for food, housing, and their paychecks.

Jan 9, 2019 / Zoë Carpenter

Trump Shame Shutdown

Dear Media, Please Cut the Sob Stories About Trump Voters Hurt by Trump Policies Dear Media, Please Cut the Sob Stories About Trump Voters Hurt by Trump Policies

It’s time to focus on the people who’ve been fighting to stop him all along.

Jan 8, 2019 / Elie Mystal

US Capitol

The Shutdown Has Turned Uncle Sam Into a Deadbeat Boss The Shutdown Has Turned Uncle Sam Into a Deadbeat Boss

Some 420,000 “essential” government employees have been forced to report to work during the shutdown—for free.

Jan 4, 2019 / Michelle Chen

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With a Shutdown Surrender, Democrats Left Millions of People Behind With a Shutdown Surrender, Democrats Left Millions of People Behind

Community health centers that serve millions are in serious danger.

Jan 23, 2018 / David Dayen

The Chances for a DACA Deal Won’t Be Better in February

The Chances for a DACA Deal Won’t Be Better in February The Chances for a DACA Deal Won’t Be Better in February

Trump doesn’t want to help the Dreamers—and Democrats must face what that means.

Jan 23, 2018 / Joan Walsh

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