Public outrage at the corporate oligarch’s schemes slowly escalates into an anti-Musk protest movement
Donald Trump is the president, but billionaire Elon Musk is the focus for thousands of Democratic activists launching a protest campaign to fight the Trump administration’s push to gut federal health, education, and human services agencies. Hundreds of protests...
The AI boom: Microsoft’s data centers may give Three Mile Island a new life for supplying power
The owner of the shuttered Three Mile Island nuclear power plant said that it plans to restart the reactor under a 20-year agreement that calls for tech giant Microsoft to buy the power to supply its data centers with carbon-free energy. The announcement by...
Trump increasingly viewed as a sock puppet as Musk expands his personal grip on the federal government
Elon Musk called on February 13 for the United States to “delete entire agencies” from the federal government as part of his push under President Donald Trump to radically cut spending and restructure its priorities. Musk offered a wide-ranging survey via...
Trump makes threatening comments about Canada’s sovereignty in push for its concession as 51st state
President Donald Trump said he is serious about wanting Canada to become the 51st state in an interview that aired on February 9 during the Super Bowl pre-show. “Yeah it is,” Trump told Fox News Channel’s Bret Baier when asked whether his talk of...
Covering the losses: Some steps small businesses can take to recover quickly from break-ins and theft
Break-ins and thefts can happen at any small business, no matter how tight the security. In the retail sector alone, more than half of small businesses said they had been victims of shoplifting in the prior year, according to a 2022 survey by the U.S. Chamber of...
Learning how to work well together can help bridge divides in the office when political tensions rise
There is no easy way to bridge the political divides that have created rifts in communities, families, and friendships. But workplace morale and productivity can take a hit when ideological differences are left to fester, affecting teamwork and feelings of mutual...
Black women rethink their historic role as political organizers after Americans return Trump to power
As she checked into a recent flight to Mexico for vacation, Teja Smith chuckled at the idea of joining another Women’s March on Washington. As a Black woman, she just could not see herself helping to replicate the largest act of resistance against then-President...
Poll finds Americans who voted for Trump to quickly lower food prices now doubt he can in his first year
Worries about everyday expenses helped return Donald Trump to the White House. But with his second term quickly underway, many U.S. adults are skeptical about his ability to actually bring down costs as he repeatedly boasted. Only about 2 in 10 Americans are...
American citizens to be deported to El Salvador in controversial deal brokered by Secretary Rubio
El Salvador has offered to take in people deported from the U.S. for entering the country illegally and to house some of the country’s criminals, even if they are American citizens. U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, after a meeting on February 2 with El...
Trump’s plan to deport millions of migrants using U.S. military faces Constitutional and practical hurdles
By Cassandra Burke Robertson, Professor of Law and Director of the Center for Professional Ethics, Case Western Reserve University; and Irina D. Manta, Professor of Law and Director of the Center for Intellectual Property Law, Hofstra University A sweeping crackdown...
A clear and present danger: How Elon Musk masterminded a coup to seize the U.S. government
Elon Musk is rapidly and illegally consolidating personal control over large swaths of the federal government with President Donald Trump’s blessing, sidelining career officials, gaining access to sensitive databases, and dismantling a leading source of...
Beyond the Border: How enforcement powers inside a 100-mile zone affect Milwaukee’s immigrant families
Under a federal regulation enforced by U.S. Customs and Border Protection, an agency within the Department of Homeland Security, authorities claim an extended reach of 100 miles into the interior from any land or maritime U.S. boundary. The result is that more than...
