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Free-Speech Restrictions Leave Federal Workers Anxious About Challenging Trump
The First Amendment does not always protect civil servants from reprisal.
Michael Flynn Out: From Trump’s “Full Confidence” to Midnight Resignation
Having served just 24 days, US national security adviser Michael Flynn quits after secret talks with Russian diplomat raise too many questions for him to answer.
Trump Challenges the Limits of Executive Power
In stopping Trump's unlawful Muslim ban, US courts were fulfilling their constitutional responsibility.
Climate-Change Denial Is a Hoax
Politicians who deny climate change likely champion policies that further entrench social and economic inequalities and undercut civil liberties.
On Campaign Finance, Party Finance, Constitutional Amendments and Political Party Reform
If “We the People” Want to Run It, We Have to Fund It.
How Neighbors Turned Unused Buildings Into a Thriving Community Hub
With more than 800, Minnesota has the largest number of co-ops in the country.
Confronting the Unprecedented Chaos of Trumpland, Fatherhood Edition
The very concept of context has become little more than a bad joke.
Poisoning the Water Equals Cultural Death: Flint, Michigan, as Precursor to New Administration’s Environmental Policies
Watching the Flint water crisis unfold should have triggered a collective warning that more destruction would come.
Trump’s Muslim Ban Shows That Those in Power Have Failed to Learn the Lessons of History
Trump's ban is far from the first time government has used veiled semantics to discriminate against immigrant groups.
Muslim Brotherhood Terrorist Label Could Come Next Week, Despite Career Officials’ Objections
The Trump administration on Monday was on the verge of naming the Muslim Brotherhood a foreign terrorist organization, but held off.