Saturday, May 3, 2025
■ The Week in Review
"Why do Elon 'Social Security's a Ponzi scheme' Musk and his DOGE cronies need to stick their fingers in your personal data—your work history, income, benefits, and health records?" asked Sen. Elizabeth Warren.
By Jake Johnson • May 3, 2025
"When people can't get their benefits for any reason, that is a benefit cut," said one advocate.
By Eloise Goldsmith • May 2, 2025
"President Trump has made his priorities clear as day: He wants to outright defund programs that help working Americans while he shovels massive tax breaks at billionaires like himself."
By Jake Johnson • May 2, 2025
"With sufficient will, the negotiations can reach the finish line and avert the risks of a disastrous war and Iranian weaponization of its nuclear program," said the National Iranian American Council's policy director.
By Jessica Corbett • May 1, 2025
At a Michigan rally, President Donald Trump's supporters cheered and chanted "USA" in response to a video celebrating the deportation and imprisonment of migrants without due process.
By Jake Johnson • Apr 30, 2025
"This is the boldest attempt we've seen in recent history to segregate higher education along racial and class lines," said the Debt Collective.
By Julia Conley • Apr 29, 2025
"Bernie knows that when the working class—labor, immigrants, community members—stand together, we are force that can defeat any bad boss," said the Philadelphia chapter of the AFL-CIO.
By Julia Conley • Apr 29, 2025
"The upheaval and loss of experience will leave the division unable to enforce the nation's civil rights laws," said one voting rights advocate.
By Jake Johnson • Apr 29, 2025
"As I have been warning for months, America wants our land, our resources, our water, our country," said Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney. "That will never, ever happen."
By Jake Johnson • Apr 29, 2025
"Always interesting to see how primary challenges affect members' behavior, though usually it's a bit more subtle than this," one journalist said of the Michigan Democrat.
By Jessica Corbett • Apr 28, 2025
"It's up to Congress to do their job, defend the Constitution, and impeach and remove Donald Trump from office for his grave abuses of power," said Free Speech for People's campaign director.
By Jessica Corbett • Apr 28, 2025
"Any additional money pumped into this system is likely to be wasted," said one analyst. "The only beneficiaries will be weapons contractors."
By Jake Johnson • Apr 28, 2025