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Democracy & Government
  • Letters From an American
    A Short History of Deficits and Debts
    November 30, 2020
    | Heather Cox Richardson

    Since Reagan, when Republicans say they are going to turn their attention back to the deficits and the debt, what they are saying is that they intend to continue to cut taxes.

  • Letters From an American
    Two Visions Are in a Fight to Control Our Government
    November 29, 2020
    | Heather Cox Richardson

    It seems as if Trump and President-Elect Joe Biden are in a contest to see who can will their vision of the future into life.

  • Letters From an American
    Leaving Loaded Dice on the Table for Biden
    November 28, 2020
    | Heather Cox Richardson

    President-Elect Joe Biden is making it clear he intends to rebuild the institutions and alliances Trump has gutted.

  • Letters From an American
    A National Day of Thanksgiving
    November 26, 2020
    | Heather Cox Richardson

    Rather than being unprecedented, though, this year of hardship and political strife brings us closer to the first national Thanksgiving than any more normal year.

  • Democracy & Government
    Who Owns the Old Tweets: The Presidential Records Act
    November 25, 2020
    | Ruby Walsh

    Prior to the passage of the Presidential Records Act in 1978 documents handled by the president were considered private property.

  • Letters From an American
    Janet Yellen: A Popular Choice
    November 25, 2020
    | Heather Cox Richardson

    Janet Yellen’s expected nomination is yet another Biden pick that emphasizes stability and a return to a government to which Americans had become accustomed before Trump’s election.

  • Democracy & Government
    I Beg Your Pardon
    November 25, 2020
    | James D. Zirin

    Of course, Trump might try to pardon himself. Then, he won’t need Biden, but legal scholars are uniformly of the view that self-pardon won’t stick.

  • Environment
    7 Ways Biden Can Fight Climate Change Without Any Help from Congress
    November 23, 2020
    | Rebecca Leber

    To deliver on his promises of “getting climate under control,” Biden will need to follow the prevailing science that suggests the United States achieve about a 45 percent reduction in its greenhouse gas pollution by 2030.

  • Letters From an American
    Biden Presses for Coronavirus Relief. Trump Golfs.
    November 22, 2020

    While the president golfs (his 298th while president), President-Elect Joe Biden is trying to pressure Congress to pass another coronavirus bill as the economy lurches toward another drop.

  • Letters From an American
    Scorched Earth
    November 21, 2020
    | Heather Cox Richardson

    The news today remains Trump’s unprecedented attempt to steal an election in which voters chose his opponents, Democratic candidate. The leadership of the Republican Party is not standing up to the president, but is instead seemingly willing to let him burn down the country to stay in office.



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