Daily Archives: March 24, 2017

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    Why Congressional Republicans may come to regret moving so quickly with their Obamacare repeal and replacement bill.

Why Congressional Republicans may come to regret moving so quickly with their Obamacare repeal and replacement bill.

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Congressional Republicans are now moving rapidly to push through the American Health Care Act, which would repeal and replace President Obama’s signature health care reform, Obamacare. Jonathan Lewallen writes that the GOP’s haste could backfire on them. Writing legislation is a skill, he argues, and in a time of both unified government and budget cuts to Legislative Counsel offices, […]

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    Donald Trump is expanding a system of immigration enforcement which already punishes immigrants and makes them vulnerable.

Donald Trump is expanding a system of immigration enforcement which already punishes immigrants and makes them vulnerable.

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A large part of Donald Trump’s 2016 election campaign played on many Americans’ concerns about immigration, and since coming into office, Trump has stepped up immigration enforcement. Inés Valdez writes that the Trump administration’s actions are only the latest iteration of punitive immigration enforcement policies that have been developing for three decades, and which are a way for right-wing […]

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