Michael Tackett, The Lowell Sun

Michael Tackett

The Lowell Sun

Washington, DC, United States

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Past articles by Michael:

The power of words in crisis: Who hits mark, and who misses?

WASHINGTON (AP) — In moments of crisis, of war and terror, of loss and mourning, American leaders have sought to utter words to match the moment in hope that the power of oratory can bring or… → Read More

The power of words in crisis: Who hits mark, and who misses?

In moments of crisis, American presidents have sought to summon words to match the moment in the hope that the power of oratory can bring order to chaos and despair. → Read More

Trump putting democracy to the test after his loss to Biden

WASHINGTON (AP) — Winston Churchill was not known for leaving his thoughts unspoken. One of them was this: "It has been said that democracy is the worst form of government, except for all those... → Read More

Americans pivot from red-hot Trump to Biden’s seasoned cool

WASHINGTON (AP) — In a crystallizing moment at the last presidential debate, Donald Trump and Joe Biden fielded a question about people of color who live alongside chemical plants and oil refineries that seem to be making them sick. As is his way, Biden responded with I’ve-been-there empathy. He recalled growing up so close to […] → Read More

Message of Election 2020: Trump lost, but Trumpism did not

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump lost. But Trumpism did not. It won in the parts of the country and with the voters whom Trump catered to over four years, constantly jabbing the hard edges of almost every contentious cultural issue into Red America, on the bet that fear and anger were a winning hand. […] → Read More

Message of Election 2020: Trump lost, but Trumpism did not

One takeaway from Election 2020 is that while President Donald Trump lost, Trumpism did not. → Read More

Access to Ballot, Seal of Democracy's Covenant, Under Attack

The ballot has long been the essential instrument of democracy → Read More

What’s a Life Worth? America Weighs Costs, Benefits of Social Distancing

We are becoming a nation of amateur actuaries, calculating the risk of restarting our lives. Can we go outside? Can we go back to work? Can we go to a → Read More

As nation reopens, a historic referendum on risk begins

WASHINGTON (AP) — We are becoming a nation of amateur actuaries, calculating the risk of restarting our lives. → Read More

America First meets global pandemic, testing Trump worldview

When terrorists struck the United States on Sept. 11, Nicholas Burns was the U.S. ambassador to NATO, and one memory still stands out: how swiftly America’s allies invoked Article Five of the... → Read More

Census delay could put off new voting districts, primaries

The U.S. Census Bureau needs more time to wrap up the once-a-decade count because of the coronavirus, opening the possibility of delays in drawing new legislative districts that could help determine what political party is in power, what laws pass or fail and whether communities of color get a voice in their states. → Read More

Out of pandemic crisis, what could a new New Deal look like?

Nearly 90 years after the first parts of the New Deal were implemented, the U.S. is fighting a disease that presents the country with wrenching life-and-death challenges. → Read More

Out of pandemic crisis, what could a new New Deal look like?

The New Deal was a try-anything moment during the Great Depression that remade the role of the federal government in American life. But what would a new New Deal look like today? → Read More

Out of pandemic crisis, what could a new New Deal look like?

The New Deal was a try-anything moment during the Great Depression that remade the role of the federal government in American life → Read More

Out of pandemic crisis, what could a new New Deal look like?

WASHINGTON (AP) — The New Deal was really a series of new deals, spread out over more than six years during the Great Depression — a menu of nationally scaled projects that were one part make-work... → Read More

Out of pandemic crisis, what could a new New Deal look like?

The New Deal was a try-anything moment during the Great Depression that remade the role of the federal government in American life. → Read More

Out of pandemic crisis, what could a new New Deal look like?

The New Deal was a try-anything moment during the Great Depression that remade the role of the federal government in American life. → Read More

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Trump’s ‘I alone can fix it’ view and state powers collide

Trump's statement on Monday was another head-snapping turn in a presidency filled with them. → Read More

Trump’s ‘I alone can fix it’ view and state powers collide

Trump's statement on Monday was another head-snapping turn in a presidency filled with them. → Read More