Saturday, May 24, 2025
■ The Week in Review
Justice Elena Kagan wrote in her dissent that the president believes the 90-year precedent "should be either overruled or confined... And he has chosen to act on that belief—really, to take the law into his own hands."
By Jessica Corbett • May 22, 2025
"Ms. Rachel has freaked out the entire media class because she has shown how easy it is to humanize Palestinians and treat them with compassion while the mainstream media has spent 19 months doing precisely the opposite," said one observer.
By Julia Conley • May 22, 2025
"If enacted, this would be the largest transfer of wealth from the poor to the rich in a single law in U.S. history."
By Jake Johnson • May 21, 2025
"This is what Republicans do—pay for massive tax breaks for billionaires by going after programs families rely on the most: Medicaid, food assistance, and now Medicare."
By Jake Johnson • May 21, 2025
With governments "scaling back their already meager" actions to tackle climate breakdown, said one ecologist, "our present-day human culture is on a suicide course."
By Jessica Corbett • May 20, 2025
"The new tariffs have created a cloud of uncertainty that gives companies cover to raise prices on all goods," the lawmakers wrote.
By Eloise Goldsmith • May 20, 2025
"You arrested us!" graduates shouted at one point in acting president Claire Shipman's address.
By Julia Conley • May 20, 2025
"No Democrats should be supporting Trump's self-enrichment," said one grassroots progressive group.
By Eloise Goldsmith • May 20, 2025
"A sane state does not wage war against civilians, does not kill babies as a hobby, and does not set goals for itself like the expulsion of a population," said one formerp Israeli lawmaker.
By Brett Wilkins • May 20, 2025
"Children and families across America are at risk of losing affordable health coverage and access to healthy meals to pay for a massive tax cut for billionaires and big corporations," said Congresswoman Kathy Castor.
By Jessica Corbett • May 19, 2025