Impact of Political Rhetoric on Hate Crimes Against Transgender Communities

Today I read an article about the increase in hate crimes against transgender people in LA county. One of the most progressive states in the nation, and yet, hate crimes in that county are up 125% …

The Case for the Equal Rights Amendment: Understanding Ratification

A compelling case can be made that the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) has actually been ratified. The only remaining step in its adoption is publication in the Federal Register. There is a move afoot…

It's Time to Break Up Big Medicine

UnitedHealth Group is not an insurer, it's a platform. And it's in the crosshairs as Elizabeth Warren and Josh Hawley propose breaking it apart, severing its pharmacy arm from the rest of the business

America’s four stories (Part 2)

The Democrats’ failure to tell the truth about the Rot at the Top

Pardons, Chris Wray, and DOJ's Inspector General

On Thursday, President Biden announced that he will commute the sentences of 1,500 people and grant pardons to 39 more.

December 12, 2024

Ten days ago, on December 2, President Joe Biden arrived in Angola, the first U.S.

MAGA’s Way or the Highway

How the cold civil war shares characteristics with the hot one

America’s four stories (Part 1)

Trump has offered extreme versions. The Democrats stopped offering them at all.

December 11, 2024

Yesterday, President Joe Biden spoke at the Brookings Institution, where he gave a major speech on the American economy.

A Glimmer of Hope

Two developments offer some signs that the judicial system is starting to push back.

Understanding Anti-Transgender Risks in the US Today

Today, Erin Reed shared her latest update to her map of anti-transgender risk. The map is well known among activists and transgender people. It shows risks both by state and at the national level. …

Good News from Manhattan

The Welsh poet Dylan Thomas (1914—1953) wrote his immortal lines long before Donald Trump became president of the United States, but they apply to our times nonetheless:

Hegseth Is Damaged Goods

The MAGA right is rallying to his side, but even if confirmed he faces an uncertain future.

December 9, 2024

The sudden collapse of the Assad regime in Syria yesterday took oxygen away from the airing of President-elect Trump’s interview with Kristen Welker of NBC’S Meet the Press. The interview told us little that we didn’t already know, but it did...

Freedom in Laundry

Today was supposed to be the day that Steve Bannon went on trial in the “We Build the Wall” scam.

Waiting for Trump: Norms, Trash Talk and the Cold Hand of ‘Militant P#$%ydom’

As the clock winds down on the Biden presidency, Democrats and the Democrat-adjacent are hashing out, often awkwardly and painedly, what stance to take toward the second Trump presidency.

The Trump Stock Market

Today on TAP: Sooner or later, it has to come down to earth.

The Interview

Trump said a lot of things in 45 minutes during his first interview as president elect.