David Dayen writes a daily update on the pandemic crisis for the American Prospect. It is called “Unsanitized.” I highly recommend it. In this post,...
President Franklin Delano Roosevelt delivered his State of the Union address on January 11, 1944. Seventy-five years ago today. He included what was then called...
What Has America Learned from Having Attended Trump University? Trump offered America a deal. I’m smart. He said. Really, really smart, OK? I started with...
The New York Times showed that Trump tariffs on cars will boomerang and hurt Trump voters in South Carolina, Tennessee, and Alabama. “BRUSSELS — President...
In an article in Salon, Gary Sasso asks why the billionaires are so intent on funding privately-managed alternatives to public schools. Sasso is the Dean...
Vince Guerrieri is a Youngstown native and a writer. He tells the history of Youngstown, Ohio, in this post. Governor John Kasich has targeted Youngstown...
Gene V. Glass, emeritus professor at Arizona State University and an associate of the National Education Policy Center, ponders the ubiquity of the “Shoe Button...