Politics

The Supreme Court didn’t always have nine justices, and that number is not set in the Constitution. The number of justices has been changed on multiple occasions throughout our nation’s history, each time for a...

All of us are being subjected to what we can only hope is Trump’s last attempt to con Americans into believing he has any of their interests whatsoever at heart. With an election looming...

Robert Mueller’s investigation began on May 17, 2017. Less than five months later, Mueller indicted Paul Manafort and Rick Gates on 12 counts each, including conspiracy against the United States, fraud, and money laundering....

Democratic lawmakers and progressives did not mince words Thursday regarding President Donald Trump's refusal to commit to a peaceful transfer of power after the election, warning that Trump—and Republicans who continue to enable and...

This is something of a companion piece to the article Ursula posted earlier today. I’m seeing a lot of people giving up. Losing hope. Making forlorn plans to escape to whatever country that might take them, because Trump is going to use the power of the presidency, and will cajole or bully his minions in […]

Florida Republicans always have a plan to keep preventing citizens from exercising their right to vote, and this week is no different. The state’s attorney general, Ashley Moody, asked the Florida Department of Law Enforcement...

Asked Wednesday to commit to a peaceful transfer of power, Donald Trump instead advocated for skipping the transfer of power. Railing against ballots—the backbone of our electoral system—as a “disaster,” Trump offered scrapping them altogether as...

Our old friend the Fascism Watch hit midnight eight months ago as Senate Republicans affirmed that there was no crime for which they were willing to hold Donald Trump responsible. Despite Trump’s using his high...

There’s little doubt that Donald Trump is willing to do anything at all to hold onto power. He’s already proven that with the actions that ended with his impeachment, and expanded on that proof...

Fear is a core psychological and biological emotion that often overrules logic. That’s according to Arash Javanbakht, a neuroscientist who specializes in trauma. Fear is one of our most intimate feelings, which is why...