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How Not to Lose 27 Beautiful and Sacred National Monument Areas
The Trump administration wants to know how you feel about your national monument lands. A public comment period opens May 12.
Conservative Groups Pushing Trump to Exit Paris Climate Deal Have Taken Millions From Koch Brothers, Exxon
Those urging Trump to withdraw from the Paris climate agreement have accepted millions from the Kochs and ExxonMobil.
Trump’s Remark on Andrew Jackson Was a Dog Whistle for White Nationalists
As a slavery-supporting perpetrator of genocide, Jackson is the darling of fascists who fantasize about an all-white US.
Penn State University Wages Union-Busting Campaign Against Its Own Graduate Students
Penn State graduate assistants may be “students first” but they work 40 to 60 hours a week and have a right to unionize.
Trump’s Failure to Lead on Climate Doesn’t Faze UN Policymakers in Bonn
As Trump ponders withdrawal from Paris Agreement, US creates leadership vacuum likely to be filled by China.
Is Yucca Mountain Back From the Dead?
Yucca Mountain, the controversial, long-dormant project to store nuclear waste in Nevada, rears its head in Congress.
The Latest Study of School Vouchers in DC Shows Why Devos’s Plan Is Dangerous
The nation's capital is the only city in the US where the federal government has been giving vouchers to underprivileged children to attend private schools.
Trump Taps Renewable Energy Antagonist to Run Renewable Energy Office
Trump reportedly tapped a renewable energy antagonist to lead the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy.
Trump Uses Power of FCC to Pay Back Friends at Sinclair Broadcasting
Sinclair Broadcast Group, the conservative media behemoth that owns the most local news stations in the US, just got even bigger.
Whither the Wages of Whiteness? How Trump’s Path to the White House Was Paved by Neoliberal Economics
Based on Trump's rhetoric and the policies, his agenda may be better understood as an attempt to make “whiteness great again.”