state government

The One and Only Way Democrats Can Retake the Country

Bill Boyarsky / Truthdig Dec 18, 2018 California offers a testing ground to make broad changes using an approach the GOP has leveraged to the hilt in recent decades. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Why Jeff Sessions’ War on Marijuana Is a Futile Pursuit

Phillip Smith / AlterNet Jan 5, 2018 The attorney general's rescinding of Obama-era "hands-off" guidance to federal prosecutors is sending shock waves through the marijuana industry, but its impact is likely to be limited. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

The Last Bastions of Resistance to Donald Trump

By Robert Reich / RobertReich.org Feb 7, 2017 With congressional Republicans in the majority and unwilling to cross the president, the job of containing his incipient tyranny falls to three groups. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Destroying the Right to Be Left Alone

By Christopher Calabrese and Matthew Harwood, TomDispatch Sep 23, 2013 While in these last months the NSA has cast a long, dark shadow over American privacy, don’t for a second imagine that it’s the only government agency systematically and often secretly intruding on our lives. A remarkable traffic jam of local, state, and federal government authorities turn out to be exploiting technology to wriggle into the most intimate crevices of our lives. Dig deeper ( 14 Min. Read )

Are You Aware of These Secret Taxes on the Poor?

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Sep 7, 2013 Local and state governments having a hard time making ends meet are "quietly taxing a group even more cash-strapped than they are: the poor," writes Leah A. Plunkett at Salon. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

State Crises Mean New Language of Deceit

David Sirota / Truthdig Mar 4, 2011 For most of history, we had undebatable definitions of words such as bailout and bankruptcy. Sadly, that's not the case during a deficit crisis that is seeing language redefined in ideological terms. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )