High unemployment and food insecurity plague a region that swung for Trump.
Many of these struggling metropolitan areas are in states that could determine the 2020 election.
The mishandling of COVID-19 has unfolded just as the response to global warming has — only at a faster clip.
Officials accuse the president of stoking xenophobia and violence against Asian-Americans.
Co-published by Newsweek
Poorest households see real incomes drop in 13 states, have slower growth than under Obama in 36 states.
48 states saw real median household income growth decline in Trump’s first two years, some dramatically.
Since the law’s passage, the federal government has seen the largest year-over-year drop in corporate tax revenue outside of a recession.
“Our administration will look like America,” the presidential contender tells Capital & Main. “We have got to undo the racism and xenophobia of the Trump administration.”
Erwin Chemerinsky on Trump’s impeachment and the menace of unchecked presidential power.
A struggling bellwether county in Pennsylvania appears to be back in the Democratic column. But is it?
Co-published by Fast Company
Many economists say the president can’t claim credit for the current economy and that his policies have contributed to rising inequality.
The nonpartisan Migration Policy Institute says nearly 300,000 undocumented immigrants could be quickly deported under a new rule.
Immigration advocates say a recent announcement of ICE raids was intended by the Trump administration to create fear in immigrant communities.
Seven immigrant children have died under the Trump administration’s zero-tolerance policies.
Co-published by Truthout
Undocumented immigrants fear that seeking medical care will get them kicked out of the country. One woman’s story shows the impact can prove deadly.
Co-published by the American Prospect
Diseases don’t respect borders, nor do they care about passports, citizenship or residency.
In our national effort to hold Trump accountable, it’s dangerous to accept at face value Andrew McCabe’s uncritical praise of the FBI without remaining alert to the bureau’s serious constitutional violations.
Co-published by the American Prospect
Angry immigrant rights activists say the generous ICE funding flies in the face of many Democrats’ stated desire to put the brakes on the Trump administration’s deportation surge.
Co-published by Fast Company
“If the press doesn’t step up and more consistently identify the realities of the economy,” says Leo Hindery, “then President Trump could be reelected.”
Co-published by the American Prospect
A national growers’ lobby has sued the U.S. Department of Labor to freeze the wages of H-2A workers at a level barely above minimum wage.