It can feel very rewarding emotionally to blame Mexicans (and other foreigners) for one’s economic plight. It is far less satisfying to yell at robots.
Trump and the Minimum Wage: How to Trade with Mexico
The Trump trade deal with Mexico is, in a smaller way for now, another of those rare Nixon in China moments. It has the potential to alter the arc of contemporary history.
Republicans and the US’s Heavily Managed Democracy
Can Republicans’ efforts to tilt U.S. democracy toward feudalism be stopped?
Trump Vs. the U.S. Separation of Powers
How it has taken a political novice in the White House only a year and a half to hollow out the centuries-old system of the U.S. separation of powers.
Trump and the State of Workers in America: A 2018 Labor Day Reflection
After the U.S. saw moderate progress on labor issues under Obama, Donald Trump has wasted no time to attack workers and the labor movement in the U.S.
Catapulting White Collar Crime into the Center of American Politics
Bankers get a free pass; Cohen and Manafort thought they had impunity; Senator Warren pushes anti-corruption law; White House accused of blocking investigations into student loan fraud by banks.
The Only Way to Fix the US Trade Deficit
Solutions exist for Trump to address the U.S. trade deficit effectively. But he will never implement them.
The Noose Around Trump’s Neck Is Tightening
It is possible that Manafort and Cohen have information relating to money trails between the Trump Organization and Russian businessmen, including ones with close ties to the Kremlin.
Donald Trump, Compulsive Misogynist
Trump, the politician, evidently always needs a woman to beat up on. Think Hillary Clinton, Elizabeth Warren, Angela Merkel, Theresa May, Margrethe Vestager and Omarosa Manigault Newman.
Donald Trump: The Nigerian Scammer
The tools President Donald Trump uses to build his electoral base and to keep it intact are borrowed from Nigerian scammers.























