For many federal employees, particularly those at agencies like the DOJ, IRS, and Treasury, the temptation to leave ahead of the Trump-Musk-Ramaswamy assault on their careers is very real.
It’s not because physically providing adequate housing is all that tough, but because dedicating the resources necessary to care for our neighbors has proven damned near impossible, writes Pat LaMarche.
Governor Shapiro and our state legislature can – and must – act as a bulwark against any Trump-era rollbacks by strengthening enforcement of our existing environmental laws even as they work to enact new policies that make our state a leader in environmental protection.
Doing the same old, same old with the same tired people is a recipe for continued failure, writes Bucks County’s Steve Cickay.
“I believe that this is part of a strategy to preempt opposition to Republican policies and encourage self-censorship,” said Indiana University Professor Beth Gazley.
Congress created the agency, and Congress is the final referee on the match.
The legislation allows the Treasury Secretary to arbitrarily label any organization (like nonprofits, news outlets, universities) as a “terrorist supporter” without providing any justification or evidence.
The 2023 school board election that swept Moms for Liberty-backed MAGA candidates at the polls illustrates the power of community organizing in defense of public education.
For me, like so many others, public school provided me access to a better future, writes Tabitha Dell’Angelo.
Sarah Wynn-Williams’ book “Careless People: A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism” very successfully flays the many layers of scar tissue that have accumulated around Facebook/Meta scandals over the past decade.
In this critical moment in our nation’s history, state courts play an essential role in protecting our rights to vote, to express ourselves and to have access to clean air and pure water.
University of North Georgia’s Matthew Boedy spoke to the Bucks County Beacon about his new book, “The Seven Mountains Mandate,” and how Kirk was part of this movement seeking right-wing Christian dominion over government and society.
On this Democracy Day, I want us to remember: democracy isn’t just something we inherit, it’s something we build — one election, one conversation, one act of civic engagement at a time, writes Bob Harvie.
Because authoritarianism is most visible in hindsight, people often don’t recognize it until it’s too late.
