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  1. Trump’s Manifest Destiny Donald Trump speaks on the last day of the Republican National Convention on July 21, 2016, in Cleveland, Ohio. (JIM WATSON/AFP/Getty Images)
    7 Jul 2020 … Republican Senators plan to skip the Republican National Convention, Trump withdraws from the World Health Organization, the administration moves public money toward its supporters. Continue reading
  2. Fighting for Democracy Itself Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump delivers his acceptance speech on July 21, the last night of the Republican National Convention, in Cleveland. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)
    1 Jan 2021 … In the storm of news it’s hard to figure out what’s going on, but here’s the bottom line: we are right now fighting over whether or not America will be a democracy. Continue reading
  3. Unsanitized: What Does the Election Mean for Stimulus? Store closing signs hang in the window of a Pier 1 imports store on February 18, 2020 in Chicago, Illinois. The struggling retailer announced today that it had filed for bankruptcy and was closing 450 stores. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)
    11 Nov 2020 … First Response I am returning to the coronavirus beat today, and look what’s here to greet me: 100,000 new cases in a day, the first time that happened. I’d have thought it’d be more poetic for that to occur on Election Day, Continue reading
  4. Trump’s Strange Twitter Narrative What do we make of Trump's tweetstorm over the weekend? A distraction from a distraction? Or worse? (Photo by Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
    7 Jul 2020 … It is becoming clearer that there are currently two different versions of America. The White House and Trump supporters are trying to pretend that the world Trump continually tweets about is real, while the rest of the country is proving Continue reading
  5. The Psychological Pandemic: Can We Confront Our Death Anxiety?
    3 Mar 2021 … The COVID-19 pandemic creates universal death anxiety. We cannot see or touch or smell the virus that has now killed 500,000 Americans. It is everywhere and nowhere—making its lethal, invisible contamination seem almost a supernatural force. Continue reading
  6. Unsanitized: Mayors Know COVID Has Permanently Changed Cities
    12 Dec 2020 … Radical shifts in the economy cannot be easily managed. Continue reading
  7. Gilead Is Profiteering Off a COVID Drug We Already Paid For
    6 Jun 2020 … This is a story of cause and effect — a tale of repeated and calculated public policy decisions that have now led to a predictable outcome. The American public helped finance the development of remdesivir — and will now be Continue reading
  8. Unsanitized: Early Turnout Gives No Indication of the Likely Result
    10 Oct 2020 … This already blows away the 47 million who voted early in 2016, with a week and a day to go. And that tells you approximately nothing about the outcome of the presidential election or any other race on the ballot. Continue reading
  9. Biden Delivers a Reality Check
    12 Dec 2020 … For those who cannot see it: we are in one of the most profound crises of American history. Continue reading
  10. What Did He Know and When Did He Know It? President Donald Trump chats with Russia's President Vladimir Putin as they attend the APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting, part of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) leaders' summit in the central Vietnamese city of Danang on Nov. 11, 2017. (Photo by Mikhail Klimentyev/AFP/Getty Images)
    6 Jun 2020 … Donald Trump faces questions about Russian bounties on American soliders. He vows to destroy the Affordable Care Act. He doesn't address rising COVID-19 rate. He goes golfing. Continue reading