By Heather Cox Richardson | August 9, 2020 | Letters From an American
Trump has framed himself as a hero, saving Americans when Congress would not. And Republicans can frame the inevitable legal pushback on his relief bill as Democratic hostility to ordinary people. Read More
By Jon Queally | August 8, 2020 | Democracy & Government
"America is in a dead sprint to authoritarianism. The man is pulling out all the stops to prevent the citizens of this country from holding a legitimate election in which he might face removal from office." byJon Queally, staff writer 41 Comments Postmaster General Louis DeJoy (R) arrives for a meeting with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-CA, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-NY, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows at the US Capitol in Washington, DC on August 5, 2020. (Photo: Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images) Postmaster General Louis DeJoy (R) arrives for a meeting with House ... Read More
By Heather Cox Richardson | August 8, 2020 | Letters From an American
America’s top news continues to touch on the upcoming election. The Friday night news dump was about the United States Postal Service. Postmaster General Louis DeJoy, a Trump loyalist, has recently created new rules for the agency that have dramatically slowed the delivery of mail just as mail-in voting for 2020 has begun. Today, DeJoy overhauled the USPS, releasing a new organizational chart that displaces postal executives with decades of experience and concentrates power in DeJoy himself. Twenty-three executives have been reassigned or fired; five have been moved in from other roles. The seven regions of the nation will become four, ... Read More
By James D. Zirin | August 7, 2020 | Democracy & Government
Trump has no legal right to delay the federal elections without the consent of Congress, but his lack of legal authority has rarely stopped him. We know he will do almost anything to work the system and stay in power, and he thinks he can rely on the conservative majority in the Supreme Court to back him up. Read More
By Peter Goldmark | August 7, 2020 | Environment
We in the foundation world need to get bolder, more persistent, tougher, and more forceful in mobilizing to meet the challenge of global warming. If not now, when? Read More
By Heather Cox Richardson | August 7, 2020 | Letters From an American
On August 6, Attorney General Letitia James announced that she was launching a lawsuit to disband the National Rifle Association (NRA). Read More
By Heather Cox Richardson | August 6, 2020 | Letters From an American
Trump dominated the news today, which is usually a sign of negative news stories and his need to create distractions from them. Read More
By Robert Jay Lifton and Charles B. Strozier | August 6, 2020 | Moyers on Democracy
We are always terrified by a deadly force that we cannot see or in any way perceive until it strikes. With COVID-19 the dread involves a force that is everywhere and nowhere; the virus takes on an almost supernatural aura that in turn leads to bizarre conspiratorial explanations. It is very difficult to bring reason to a deadly force that is invisible. Read More
By | August 6, 2020 | Fight to Vote
The fight to vote continues. Read More
By Kristin Miller | August 6, 2020 | Moyers on Democracy
We are pleased to present a new weekly podcast, She Votes! from award-winning journalists Ellen Goodman and Lynn Sherr. (produced by Wonder Media Network.) Having lived through — and covered — feminism’s second-wave, Goodman and Sherr tell the definitive story of suffrage, from the first demands to speak on public matters by antislavery activists in 1837, through the 1848 Seneca Falls Convention for Women's Rights, to the drama of the final passage in 1920 and beyond. One hundred years ago this month, the 19th Amendment was ratified. But American women’s battle for the ballot and representation in government began long before ... Read More
By Steven Harper | August 5, 2020 | Pandemic Timeline
At every opportunity, Trump and loyal accomplices led by White House Coronavirus Task Force Chairman Vice President Mike Pence told lies that helped the virus explode and, to this day, remain uncontrolled. Read More
