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Recharging the Batteries of Whiteness: Trump’s New Racial Identity Politics
Trump has built on Republican white supremacy politics and stoked a narrative of white victimhood.

Cops of the Pacific? The US Military’s Role in Asia in the Age of Trump
Trump will arrive in the Oval Office in January at a moment when Pentagon preparations for a future US-Japan-South Korean triangular military alliance.

Fiery Accidents and Toxic Pollution: Louisiana’s Environmental Woes Offer a Warning to Trump
Louisiana's accident-prone, polluting oil industry threatens to get worse under a Trump presidency.

Trump’s Health Care Policy Appears Heavy on Complexity, Light on Mercy
Letting the states decide how to insure residents might lead to a cobweb of unwieldy regulations.

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What Trumponomics Means for Women
The new president's plan to “fix the economy” will put women workers in a fix indeed.

Electoral College Members Seek Intel Briefing on Possible Russian Meddling in Election to Aid Trump
This year electors in states won by Donald Trump are facing mounting pressure to reject his presidency.

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As North Pole Melts in November, Wildfires Rage Across US Well Into Winter
Add 36 degrees Fahrenheit to the current temperature wherever you are for a sense of the crisis at the North Pole.

Alarm Over “Witch Hunt” After Trump Demands List of Civil Servants Who Worked on Climate Policy Under Obama
Internal document show Trump's transition team instructed the Department of Energy to hand over names.

Drug Prices Likely to Rise in Trump Administration
Drug companies have the power to set drug prices and will want to make up for their lost revenue.

“We’ll Look at Everything”: More Thoughts on Trump’s $1 Trillion Infrastructure Plan
To stimulate the economy, create new jobs and generate new GDP requires an injection of new money.