Since March 27, lawyer and writer Steven Harper has been following the fall-out of the COVID-19 pandemic. His deep coverage of the evolving situation now makes a weekly appearance on BillMoyers.com. Continue reading
September 29, 2020
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September 28, 2020But it is a very good place to start.
September 27, 2020Preventing the peaceful transfer of power is the most fundamental sin against democracy, and we are staring it in the face. Continue reading
September 26, 2020Trump is trying to convince people that he can deploy the power of the government to remain in power even if we want him to leave, creating uncertainly and fear. By talking about it, he is willing that situation into existence. It is a lie, and we do not have to accept it. Continue reading
September 25, 2020Considering climate change’s existential threat, the dearth of regional reporting on the corporate forces driving global warming is striking.
September 25, 2020Trump still managed to scramble the trajectory of American climate policy, creating a tangle of legal fights that will have to be cleared up for US climate policy to move forward. And he left almost no part of our environmental regulatory structure untouched. Continue reading
September 25, 2020The verdict on the Breonna Taylor trial comes in.
September 25, 2020Donald Trump escalated his efforts to undermine the 2020 election this week.
September 24, 2020In many swing states, voters cannot simply return an absentee ballot to an Election Day poll. Those voters who try will get to vote, but not without more paperwork and possibly creating delays for other voters. Continue reading
September 24, 2020I don’t know the precise moment when Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States Ruth Bader Ginsburg stepped out of her august robes and lace collar and into the pantheon of popular culture. The Notorious RBG. — Lynn Sherr Continue reading
