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Texas’ move to control coal ash pollution could shield industry from tougher rules under Biden’s EPA
Erin Douglas
The state is close to finalizing a years-long effort to wrangle control of coal ash pollution from the EPA
Retired generals aren’t supposed to lead the Pentagon: Here’s why
Dwight Stirling
Like Trump, Biden intends to nominate a retired general to lead the Pentagon. It's not supposed to work that way
After “outright grift” under Trump, Democratic senators urge Biden to “padlock the revolving door”
Kenny Stancil
They say Biden must "stop special interests from profiting off of the public service of government officials"
Why we can’t just “move on”: We need accountability for Donald Trump’s misdeeds
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse
We can't repeat President Obama's mistakes: There's no way to move forward without addressing the damage done
Ten actions Biden can take to undo Trump’s war on immigrants
Sasha Abramsky
Biden's first 100 days in office could see a big rollback of Trump’s immigration restrictions
Biden’s pick for intelligence chief, Avril Haines, is tainted by drones and torture
Medea Benjamin, Marcy Winograd
Haines is affable and intelligent. She was also a key figure in drone killings and helped cover up U.S. torture
The Trump administration spent millions on border wall contracts to build on land it doesn’t own
Perla Trevizo, Jeremy Schwartz
Trump's strategy of awarding contracts before acquiring titles to land in Texas has cost the taxpayer millions
Are the Trumpers headed for history’s dumpster? Don’t count on it
Jim Sleeper
Even as elected Republicans turn against Trump, the forces that gave him power remain intact. Beware the future
JPMorgan Chase wrongly charged 170,000 customers overdraft fees. Trump’s OCC refused to penalize it
Patrick Rucker
How the OCC under Trump quietly held back from punishing banks for abuses
Trump administration has awarded border wall contracts on land in Texas it doesn’t own
Perla Trevizo, Jeremy Schwartz
Awarding contracts before acquiring title to land in Texas has led to millions of dollars of costs in delays
Lost in the middle: Will the arrogant certainty of “centrism” destroy America?
David Masciotra
From Bill Clinton through Barack Obama and now Joe Biden, the centrist consensus has failed — and learned nothing
In a year of Black Lives Matter protests, Dutch wrestle (again) with the tradition of Black Pete
Ayanna Thompson, Coen Heijes
An annual tradition or a national embarrassment?
It’s been almost 20 years since 9/11 — can we finally stop marching to disaster?
Rebecca Gordon
It’s probably hard for people born since 9/11 to imagine how much — and how little — things changed after that day
GOP lawmaker claims “Trump is listening to the many of us who are urging him to #PardonSnowden”
Jessica Corbett
The NSA whistleblower has used his platform to pressure the president to pardon someone other than himself: Assange
Trump’s last-minute pardon spree shows why Joe Biden just can’t “move on”
Amanda Marcotte
The country can't unite and heal if Republicans believe they have license to cheat in elections and commit crimes
Amidst federal execution spree, Trump pardons Republican friends charged with fraud and war crimes
Igor Derysh
It was also a good night for Mueller probe targets and Blackwater contractors convicted of slaughtering civilians
The Biden administration: Who will hold the power?
Robert Reich
Robert Reich on what you need to know about where the power really lies
Will the Dems sell us out in the midst of a pandemic?
Leonard C. Goodman
When politicians sell out to win, we all lose.
Obama’s new book offers key insight about how laws really get made
David Webber
Many former legislators offer accounts of their service — but few analyze the institutions in which they served.
Trump’s COVID task force coordinator Deborah Birx to retire after violating WH travel guidance
Igor Derysh
Birx said the backlash to her family trip after repeated anti-travel warnings has been a "bit overwhelming"
We’ve lost control: The real lessons of the Trump regime and the pandemic
Chris Hedges
Our society, and our species, is gripped by hopeful delusion. Dire recent events should have stripped all that away
Best of 2020: Watching Andrew Cuomo’s pandemic briefings finally let me grieve my father
Gina Gionfriddo
Our 2020 retrospective continues with this tribute to a father's uncanny similarities to a governor in crisis mode
Obama releases his TV Top 10 List, reminding Americans that he (unlike Trump) is just like us
Melanie McFarland
We've enjoyed so many of the same shows that Obama has; we can't say the same for our lame duck's viewing habits
Mitch McConnell is no more credible than Donald Trump — but the press sucks up to him
Dan Froomkin
Beltway reporters natter on about the "problem" of "dysfunction" — a problem overwhelmingly caused by one man
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