w The 1930s were a dark period for immigration policies. There’s one way today’s could be worse. By www.washingtonpost.com Published On :: Mon, 22 Jul 2019 23:49:27 +0000 Trump has gutted the asylum system that grew in part out of our shame over our heartless refugee policies in the 1930s. Full Article
w ‘The president would never do that!’ Oh, yes, he would. By www.washingtonpost.com Published On :: Mon, 29 Jul 2019 22:33:06 +0000 With his latest threats to weaken the dollar, we’re seeing this pattern once again. Full Article
w A question missing from the health-care debate: Will doctors make less money? By www.washingtonpost.com Published On :: Thu, 01 Aug 2019 23:01:07 +0000 Democratic candidates need to show their math. Full Article
w What are Republicans afraid of? By www.washingtonpost.com Published On :: Mon, 05 Aug 2019 23:11:37 +0000 They prey on panic — and spurn attempts to quench it. Full Article
w For Trump and his cronies, draining the swamp means ousting experts By www.washingtonpost.com Published On :: Thu, 08 Aug 2019 21:42:06 +0000 The administration is celebrating the brain drain and helping the real swamp. Full Article
w The Scaramucci story ends like all the others: With a Trump tweetstorm By www.washingtonpost.com Published On :: Mon, 12 Aug 2019 22:34:52 +0000 Welcome to the Resistance, Mooch. Better late than never. Full Article
w Stephen Miller is right about immigration — but not in the way that he means By www.washingtonpost.com Published On :: Tue, 20 Aug 2019 20:58:57 +0000 Immigration does touch on many other policy issues, though maybe not in the manner he suggests. Full Article
w Trump’s tendency to double down on bad ideas doesn’t bode well for the economy By www.washingtonpost.com Published On :: Thu, 22 Aug 2019 22:50:37 +0000 One could imagine him becoming even more protectionist and more isolationist in a recession. Full Article
w The major problems with Larry Kudlow’s capital gains proposal By www.washingtonpost.com Published On :: Mon, 26 Aug 2019 22:20:17 +0000 If you don’t know what capital gains indexing to inflation means, you probably wouldn’t benefit from it. Full Article
w Trump’s comments about ‘bad management’ are right, but not in the way he thinks By www.washingtonpost.com Published On :: Mon, 02 Sep 2019 22:16:16 +0000 The president has had some experience with poorly run companies and excuse-making. Full Article
w We’re in the midst of Trump’s War on Children By www.washingtonpost.com Published On :: Thu, 05 Sep 2019 22:28:01 +0000 Whatever the opposite of it is, that’s what Democrats should be running on. Full Article
w Trump’s plan for the economy: Make Drinking Water Dirty Again By www.washingtonpost.com Published On :: Thu, 12 Sep 2019 23:03:20 +0000 Despite administration claims, the president’s deregulatory agenda, so far, hasn’t spurred the economic growth that was promised. Full Article
w What drives Donald Trump? Greed, and greed alone. By www.washingtonpost.com Published On :: Thu, 26 Sep 2019 23:20:02 +0000 Wherever he was, whatever his title, the president has used the powers at his disposal to enrich or otherwise benefit himself. Full Article
w We’re about to hit a new record low for white-collar prosecutions By www.washingtonpost.com Published On :: Fri, 27 Sep 2019 20:32:22 +0000 Maybe there's a reason the Donald Trumps and Paul Manaforts and Michael Cohens of the world have felt emboldened lately. Full Article
w There’s another whistleblower complaint. It’s about Trump’s tax returns. By www.washingtonpost.com Published On :: Mon, 30 Sep 2019 22:34:36 +0000 This is a whole different category of alleged impropriety. Full Article
w Trump found a way to simultaneously sabotage our health-care and immigration systems By www.washingtonpost.com Published On :: Mon, 07 Oct 2019 23:40:25 +0000 He just took out two birds with one proclamation. Full Article
w The deficit has gotten worse. This shouldn’t be a surprise. By www.washingtonpost.com Published On :: Thu, 10 Oct 2019 22:51:24 +0000 President Trump’s policies haven’t helped his campaign promise. Full Article
w Perhaps Sanders and Warren are the ones being politically expedient By www.washingtonpost.com Published On :: Thu, 17 Oct 2019 22:56:00 +0000 It’s been frustrating to watch more moderate positions be characterized as solely driven by political calculations. Full Article
w I could be a whistleblower. So could anyone with a TV. By www.washingtonpost.com Published On :: Mon, 21 Oct 2019 22:29:14 +0000 We are all direct witnesses to Trump’s public selling out of U.S. democracy. Full Article
w What happens to artists when they have to answer to online polls? By www.washingtonpost.com Published On :: Thu, 24 Oct 2019 23:48:02 +0000 There might not be room for creativity when everything “new” is crowdsourced. Full Article
w The White House touts Trump’s deregulation. It’s actually been a bust. By www.washingtonpost.com Published On :: Mon, 28 Oct 2019 23:05:21 +0000 Many of the changes are simply worse for the economy. Full Article
w Elizabeth Warren tried to do Bernie Sanders’s homework for him. She failed. By www.washingtonpost.com Published On :: Tue, 05 Nov 2019 00:17:00 +0000 Maybe they need a new assignment. Full Article
w In other news — a rare political victory for poor and sick Americans By www.washingtonpost.com Published On :: Fri, 08 Nov 2019 00:33:32 +0000 Punitive Medicaid work requirements are being rolled back. Full Article
w We thought Trump was the biggest con man. We were all wrong. By www.washingtonpost.com Published On :: Tue, 12 Nov 2019 00:20:00 +0000 Somehow they’ve “tricked” him into saying and doing racist and corrupt things, in public and on camera. Full Article
w Trump has bulldozed over Congress on immigration. Will lawmakers ever act? By www.washingtonpost.com Published On :: Fri, 15 Nov 2019 00:09:34 +0000 The president and his team of unelected bureaucrats have siphoned power away from the legislature. Full Article
w There’s no other way to explain Trump’s immigration policy. It’s just bigotry. By www.washingtonpost.com Published On :: Tue, 26 Nov 2019 00:58:29 +0000 The administration has cracked down on all migrants, even those with the most to contribute. Full Article
w The more love Always Trumpers show, the more dangerous Trump becomes By www.washingtonpost.com Published On :: Mon, 02 Dec 2019 23:41:28 +0000 Come hell or high crimes, they always truckle to Trump. And they’re the true risk to our democracy. Full Article
w Republicans are all about boosting economic growth — except when it comes to food stamps By www.washingtonpost.com Published On :: Thu, 05 Dec 2019 23:34:35 +0000 Kicking people off food stamps this late in the business cycle makes no sense. Full Article
w The strongest reason to mourn Volcker: He was willing to be unpopular By www.washingtonpost.com Published On :: Mon, 09 Dec 2019 23:50:28 +0000 Public officials today could take a lesson from the former Federal Reserve chair. Full Article
w Mitt Romney bucks his party. Republicans should follow his leadership. By www.washingtonpost.com Published On :: Tue, 17 Dec 2019 00:54:39 +0000 A bipartisan tax proposal could signal a shift in the GOP’s business-first focus. Full Article
w Two years later, every promise made about the GOP tax cuts has been broken By www.washingtonpost.com Published On :: Fri, 20 Dec 2019 00:23:30 +0000 The tax plan has benefited the wealthy while ballooning the deficit. Full Article
w How can Democrats possibly challenge Trump on this economy? These charts might help. By www.washingtonpost.com Published On :: Sat, 21 Dec 2019 13:00:38 +0000 Democrats' message that not everyone is equally benefiting from the spoils of this economic recovery has resonance. Full Article
w Here are four suggested New Year’s resolutions for the media By www.washingtonpost.com Published On :: Mon, 30 Dec 2019 23:02:43 +0000 I hope others in my industry will adopt them — and call me out if I don’t. Full Article
w She moved to Texas for safety. Now the state wants to keep out refugees like her. By www.washingtonpost.com Published On :: Mon, 13 Jan 2020 23:43:19 +0000 Gov. Greg Abbott’s decision plays into some unfortunate stereotypes. Full Article
w Trade was supposed to be Trump’s signature issue. His efforts have fallen flat. By www.washingtonpost.com Published On :: Thu, 16 Jan 2020 23:57:29 +0000 Whatever meager gains Trump’s trade deals represent hardly look worth the pain we endured getting here. Full Article
w Trump says he hates corruption. But he wants to make bribery easier worldwide. By www.washingtonpost.com Published On :: Tue, 21 Jan 2020 00:35:19 +0000 “It’s just so unfair that American companies aren’t allowed to pay bribes to get business overseas.” Full Article
w Trump’s Treasury secretary just admitted the tariff rationale is hogwash By www.washingtonpost.com Published On :: Fri, 24 Jan 2020 00:30:38 +0000 Maybe it was the altitude at Davos. Full Article
w Our expectations for Republican senators are so low it’s astonishing By www.washingtonpost.com Published On :: Tue, 28 Jan 2020 00:15:00 +0000 Every single one of them is supposed to be exercising oversight of the executive branch. Full Article
w Trump’s anti-immigrant agenda isn’t about rule of law or economics at all By www.washingtonpost.com Published On :: Fri, 31 Jan 2020 00:44:15 +0000 The latest immigration rule is based on obvious lies. Full Article
w Worried Trump might weaponize the presidency? He already has, many times. By www.washingtonpost.com Published On :: Thu, 06 Feb 2020 23:46:33 +0000 He did it in the Ukraine affair, of course, but most of his abuses have happened closer to home. Full Article
w Yes, Trump’s latest Fed pick is that bad. Here’s why. By www.washingtonpost.com Published On :: Tue, 11 Feb 2020 00:06:51 +0000 Judy Shelton is an opportunist and a quack. Senate Republicans seem to know this — but they still may be too craven to oppose her nomination. Full Article
w How Trump’s failure to learn from history is making your whiskey a lot more expensive By www.washingtonpost.com Published On :: Mon, 17 Feb 2020 23:39:39 +0000 It’s another way in which the president’s supposedly narrowly focused tariffs have trickled down. Full Article
w A socialist is likely to win the 2020 election. No, not Bernie Sanders. By www.washingtonpost.com Published On :: Mon, 24 Feb 2020 23:43:53 +0000 How the president has proved himself a more successful socialist than Sanders is likely to ever be. Full Article
w With coronavirus, Trump’s lies and his reassurances backfire By www.washingtonpost.com Published On :: Thu, 27 Feb 2020 23:40:57 +0000 Americans have not only health risks but also economic fears. Full Article
w The 2020 elections are being driven by health care. That’s good news for Democrats. By www.washingtonpost.com Published On :: Tue, 03 Mar 2020 00:24:11 +0000 Republican incompetence and heartlessness are again coming to Democrats’ rescue. Full Article
w You’ll never guess how Trump is celebrating National Consumer Protection Week By www.washingtonpost.com Published On :: Fri, 06 Mar 2020 00:01:26 +0000 The Trump administration continues its war on consumers Full Article
w Officials have spent the last few years dismantling anti-recession measures By www.washingtonpost.com Published On :: Thu, 12 Mar 2020 22:49:43 +0000 And now, we’re woefully unprepared. Full Article
w A global recession is likely here. Lawmakers need to do their jobs. By www.washingtonpost.com Published On :: Mon, 16 Mar 2020 23:13:02 +0000 Policymakers need to step up and do something useful — yesterday. Full Article
w America is going into an economic coma. Here’s how we (eventually) wake up from it. By www.washingtonpost.com Published On :: Wed, 18 Mar 2020 15:56:05 +0000 A framework for how Congress should be thinking about the immediate economic challenges ahead — and the tools available to address them. Full Article
w Wanna spend $2 trillion? Here’s the agonizing choice you face. By www.washingtonpost.com Published On :: Mon, 23 Mar 2020 12:58:14 +0000 Money needs to get spent fast. Money needs to get spent well. To some extent, those objectives are in tension. Full Article