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  1. Covid-19 and the Masque of the Red States President Donald Trump tours a Honeywell International Inc. factory producing N95 masks during his first trip since widespread COVID-19 related lockdowns went into effect May 5, 2020, in Phoenix, Arizona. (Photo by Brendan Smialowski / AFP via Getty Images)
    7 Jul 2020 … The degree of the delusion staggers. Fueled by politics and self-interest, Trump and Pence ignore the facts and  keep insisting that all is going well, although Pence, at least, is now advocating wearing a mask. Continue reading
  2. Playing to the Base Controversial thin blue line flag replaces American flag at a rally October 24 in Waukesha, WI.
    10 Oct 2020 … Trump and members of his administration are pretending the coronavirus pandemic is ending. Continue reading
  3. Dangerous Deep Freeze in Texas A man braves subzero cold as he walks down a street in downtown Indianapolis on Monday, Jan. 6, 2014, following a powerful snowstorm that dumped more than a foot of snow on parts of Indiana. (AP Photo/Rick Callahan)
    2 Feb 2021 … With climate change expected to intensify extremes of weather, the crisis in Texas indicates that our infrastructure will need to be reinforced to meet conditions it was not designed for. Continue reading
  4. The View from Main Street, Class in America, and Religion’s Role in the Election Wisconsin
    10 Oct 2004 … NOW considers the realities of the 2004 jobs recovery, which some say was meaningless because of lower wages, and looks at how religion is employed by the campaigns as the election closes in. Continue reading
  5. Hot Seats
    10 Oct 2020 … October 6, 2020 In the past three years, it has so often felt like things were reaching the breaking point. But the image of Trump on the balcony of the White House last night, defiantly taking off his mask as Continue reading
  6. The Four Major Third-Party Candidates on What’s Missing From the National Dialogue Ralph Nader, election 2004
    10 Oct 2004 … We hear from four candidates excluded from presidential debates: Ralph Nader (Reform Party), Michael Peroutka (Constitution Party), David Cobb (Green Party), and Michael Badnarik (Libertarian Party). Continue reading
  7. Unsanitized: The Tax Time Bomb That Congress Can Defuse
    12 Dec 2020 … There’s a difference between the two types of relief: stimulus checks are not taxed, but unemployment benefits are. Continue reading
  8. Who Said What
    9 Sep 2020 … At a “town hall” in the battleground state of Pennsylvania, the president faced ordinary Americans, who asked basic questions about health care, mask wearing, and so on, and received the litany and lies. The White House has been doing damage control Continue reading
  9. Unsanitized: What Will It Take to Shock People Out of Their Routines?
    11 Nov 2020 … What is going to shock people away from their normal routines?I mean, it’s probably football, our secular religion in America. Continue reading
  10. Biden’s New Chapter Biden named nine senior White House officials for his incoming administration, all of whom are long-time political operatives who know the ropes in Washington. (Photo by Demetrius Freeman/The Washington Post via Getty Images)
    1 Jan 2021 … Biden’s plan is far larger than a way to address our current crisis. It outlines a vision for America that reaches back to an older time, when both parties shared the idea that the government had a role to play Continue reading