Kamala Harris and AOC Just Injected Environmental Justice Into the 2020 Race
Jason Ryan, Zuma Sen. Kamala Harris was the first candidate to mention the Green New Deal in the first presidential debate, when she corrected NBC moderator Chuck Todd. “I don’t even call it climate change,” she said. “It’s a climate crisis…That is why I support a Green New Deal.” And yet, of the top four…
The Fed’s Big Gamble?
The Washington Post tells us what’s up: This is . . . a wee bit hyperbolic, no? I mean, the Fed is pondering a quarter percent rate cut that’s been long since priced in by the market. Whether you agree or disagree that this is the right thing to do, it’s simply not likely to…
The Hack Gap: Interest Rate Edition
I would like to offer a comment on the hack gap this morning: It’s remarkable the number of liberal economists who continue to favor an interest rate cut from the Fed. They are displaying intellectually honesty here: with inflation low, there’s no reason not to take out an insurance policy that could keep the current…
Kamala Harris Gets on the Medicare for All Train
Bill Clark/Congressional Quarterly/Newscom via ZUMA I guess “Medicare for All” is now the official name for any kind of universal health care proposal, so today Kamala Harris unveiled her Medicare for All plan: Harris, an early endorser of Sanders’ Medicare for all proposal, keeps many of the same elements of the Vermont senator’s plan. All…
Trump Attacks Al Sharpton in Latest Racist Twitter Barrage
Tom Williams/ZUMA Al Sharpton became the latest target of President Donald Trump’s racist attacks on Monday, the newest signal that the president has fully invested in a deeply divisive, race-baiting strategy ahead of the 2020 election. “Al is a con man, a troublemaker, always looking for a score,” Trump tweeted as Sharpton was en route…
Getting Out of Jail After Dark Can Be Dangerous—and Sometimes Deadly
The last bus of the day pulls away from the parking lot outside the Santa Rita Jail in Dublin, California, at 8:43 p.m. Twenty minutes later, a young woman pulls up the hood of her dark jacket, pushes open the jail lobby’s heavy door, and steps out into the night, looking for a cigarette. Leah,…