Joshua Alvarez
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The Trump Administration’s Deceitful Ploy to Put More Students in More Debt
By hiding student loan data from state governments, DeVos is protecting predatory practices. → Read More
How Trump adopted Nixon’s Southern Strategy
The president’s ‘base’ didn’t come from nowhere. → Read More
The Pitfalls of Privatization
For decades, Republicans and Democrats alike have pushed for government privatization. But, a business-like government is directly hostile to our constitutional order. → Read More
Hurricane Harvey is not just a natural disaster
Houston's unfettered development, spurred on by anti-government ideology, will doom the city to the flood next time. → Read More
The twelve most innovative colleges for adult learners
College isn’t designed for students over twenty-five. These schools are working to fix that. → Read More
The twelve most innovative colleges for adult learners
College isn’t designed for students over twenty-five. These schools are working to fix that. → Read More
The ‘Angry White Boys’ Know What They Want
Dismissing the white nationalists in Charlottesville as simply play-acting amounts to a dangerous flinch in the face of evil. → Read More
Trump can't do his job
Leaked transcripts of Trump's phone calls with the leaders of Mexico and Australia burnish ultimate proof that Trump is incapable of executing his duties. → Read More
Trump Presents Democrats an Opportunity on Affirmative Action
Trump hopes his latest move will help launch another round of the culture wars, but he's exposed his flank. → Read More
The White Working Class Does Not Like Greedy Government Contractors
Targeting the government's addiction to private contractors is good policy and good politics. → Read More
The Supreme Court rocks out with the Slants
The Supreme Court just ruled that the government cannot deny trademarks it dislikes. We talked to the band that started it all. → Read More
Nevada to Big Pharma: ‘Show Us Your Books!’
Diabetes is ravaging America's working class, yet the price of insulin is sky-rocketing. Nevadans finally will get some accountability from big pharma. → Read More
Contractor CEOs shouldn’t make ten times more than the president
It’s ridiculous that the government pays private contractors more for doing the same work, or less. → Read More
How this progressive-minded rock band could allow derogatory names to be trademarked
The Slants, an Asian American rock band, are heroes to libertarians in a battle with the U.S. government. → Read More
Contractor CEOs shouldn’t make ten times more than the president
It’s ridiculous that the government pays private contractors more for doing the same work, or less. → Read More
Business has been complicit in the destruction of the middle class
American businesses should reinvest in their employees and in research instead of paying off shareholders. → Read More
All Hail Roger Ailes, the Founder of Our Bitter Feast
Donald Trump is a symptom of the America Roger Ailes made. → Read More
Only 32 Percent of Millennials Approve of Trump
Forty-one percent of 18-29 year-olds give Trump an 'F'. → Read More
Trump's ambassador to Israel is truly terrifying
The Senate just confirmed a right-wing lunatic who compares liberal Jews to Nazi collaborators. → Read More
Two Days Down: A Dispatch from the Inauguration and Women’s March in DC
If the Republican National Convention—with its blood-chilling chants of “Lock her up!” reverberating off stadium ceilings, and vendors selling shirts reading “Trump That Bitch!” like hotcakes—was a revivalist megachurch concert from hell, Inauguration Day had the feeling of a quiet, solemn Easter Sunday. There were no chants, no celebratory posters. Trump supporters walked to the ... → Read More