A Death, a Life, and a Border Wall
The border wall between the USA and Mexico in Arizona.Getty Images In the fall of 1993, Aaron Bobrow-Strain arrived in Tucson, Arizona, near the jagged ridge of the United States’ southern border. Dominating the news was debate over the North American Free Trade Agreement, which would be passed by the House that November. As Bobrow-Strain settled…
Thousands of Transgender Troops’ Lives Are About to Change Radically. But the Military Still Hasn’t Figured Out the Details.
Rep. Anthony Brown (D-Md.) talks to transgender military members Army Capt. Alivia Stehlik (left), and Army Capt. Jennifer Peace (right), at the conclusion of a House Armed Services Subcommittee on Military Personnel hearing in February.Manuel Balce Ceneta/Associated Press On the January day when five Supreme Court justices agreed to revive President Donald Trump’s ban on…
Iowa’s Supreme Court Protected Gay Marriage and Abortion Rights—and Republican Lawmakers Are Out for Payback
DNY59/Getty Conservative Iowa lawmakers are advancing a bill that would change the long-standing way judges are selected in the state. Critics of the legislation, introduced in early February, say it is motivated by displeasure over state courts blocking abortion and same-sex marriage bans. “It’s just an extreme political power grab by legislators who are unhappy…
Trump Was Greeted at Las Vegas’s Airport by Disgraced Casino Owner Steve Wynn
AP Photo/Joe Cavaretta When President Donald Trump exited Air Force One at the start of his Saturday trip to Las Vegas, he was greeted on the tarmac by former casino executive Steve Wynn, a longtime business rival and friend who was a major fundraiser for the president during the 2016 campaign. Wynn has kept a…
A Republican Staffer Told Progressive Activists “No One Cares” About Trans Troops
Dea/M. Borchi/Getty Images Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. With President Donald Trump’s transgender military ban set to begin on April 12, advocacy groups have mobilized in a long-shot attempt to block the policy from going into effect, using petitions and social media to gin up support. Last Friday, CREDO Action,…
Biden Promises to Be More Respectful of “People’s Personal Space”
Joe Biden delivers the keynote speech at the First State Democratic Dinner at the Rollins Center in Dover, DE on March 16, 2019.Bastiaan Slabbers/NurPhoto via ZUMA Press Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Joe Biden took to Twitter Wednesday to respond to a recent string of allegations that throughout his career,…