Politics
States are lifting business regulations during COVID-19
Today, the great divide in American politics isn’t between right and left. The underlying contest is between a small minority who have gained power over the system and the vast majority who have little or none. #riggedsystem
Lee Camp: The coronavirus has really shown us how unprepared the US government is for a pandemic of this scale. It’s time to use mutual aid to respond in a way that works for all of us. #coronavirus
John W. Whitehead discusses how this is a test to see whether the Constitution—and our commitment to the principles enshrined in the Bill of Rights—can survive a national crisis and a true state of emergency. #coronavirus
After helping to establish a new field in medicine, he has spent his adult life helping us understand the effect on human behavior of people who arbitrarily create truth and then resist fiercely any who question that truth. His new book is Losing Reality, published by New Press. Here’s Bill Moyers…
#TrumpLies
Scotland to make tampons free
A treasure trove of documents, videos, and audio files related to the Epstein case have been released online.
Environmental advocacy groups issued mixed responses Tuesday after Democrats on the House Energy and Commerce Committee released the legislative text of a draft bill for a national climate plan, with critics charging that the proposal isn’t ambitious enough to address the planetary crisis. #GreenNewDeal #climateaction
Time to end wars and stop starvation
Ten years ago, in January 2010, the Supreme Court released its disastrous Citizens United decision. The court, either through remarkable naivety or sheer malevolence, essentially married the terrible idea that “money is speech” to the terrible idea that “corporations are people.” #citizensunited
The Iranian-American conflict can have dire consequences on American soil.
Illinois legalizes marijuana
Remembering some of the gains in the difficult year of 2019 can help inspire us for the critical struggles ahead. #2019goodnews
For throughout this current crisis, what’s become clear is that it’s the wisdom of the majority of American women, honed by centuries of enduring and resisting the ignorance and bad behavior of the rest of the nation’s population, that will save us from ourselves and keep this republic afloat. #impeachment
In observing the 2020 Democratic presidential primary—which has featured as many six women. It seems possible that this time might be different. Not because sexism has left the building, but because the critical mass of women candidates may have changed the dynamic. #womeninpolitics
