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Opponents move to stop Trump’s “national emergency” power grab
February 15, 2019President’s declaration seen as a plot to keep alive the wall issue that the GOP is using to stir racism and fear ahead of the 2020 elections.
Read moreTrump judges blow big hole in age discrimination law
February 15, 2019When Congress enacted the ADEA in 1967, its drafters had no reason to expect judges would be acting as grammarians. Then, the Supreme Court and lower courts interpreted anti-discrimination laws as broadly as possible
Read moreHouse to Trump: Get out of Yemen
February 14, 2019“More than 14 million Yemenis — half the country — are on the brink of famine, and at least 85,000 children have already died from hunger and disease as a result of the war. Let’s end...
Read moreProgressive politics is possible only if it rejects anti-communism
February 13, 2019Trump’s State of the Union address aimed to unite a right-wing base and drive a wedge between Democratic moderates and progressives and the entire anti-extreme right-wing alliance.
Read moreRare footage of Arizona ocelot shows what could be lost by border wall
February 12, 2019"One of the greatest single threats to ocelot recovery in the United States is the proposed expansion of the U.S.-Mexico border wall."
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