The U.S. economy grew at a 2.0% annual rate in the first quarter of 2026. That number looks solid until you read what’s underneath it. Inflation hit 4.5%. Consumer spending is slowing. Housing is contracting. And most of the growth came from a rebound that won’t repeat. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released its advance… Continue reading The Economy Grew 2%. Don’t Pop the Champagne.
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May Day 2026: The Streets Had Something to Say
Today is May Day 2026. Across the country, hundreds of thousands of workers, teachers, nurses, and students walked out, boycotted shopping, and marched in the streets. Organizers called it the largest coordinated labor action since last year’s No Kings protests. The message was direct: workers over billionaires. May Day demonstrations swept across the United States… Continue reading May Day 2026: The Streets Had Something to Say
CAN ANYONE CHECK THE PRESIDENT ON IMMIGRATION
The Supreme Court heard nearly two hours of argument on April 29 over whether courts can review the Trump administration’s termination of Temporary Protected Status for 330,000 Haitians and 6,100 Syrians. The administration’s answer was no. If the Court agrees, the same logic applies to 1.3 million TPS holders from 17 countries, including thousands in… Continue reading CAN ANYONE CHECK THE PRESIDENT ON IMMIGRATION
WHO WRITES YOUR FOOD ADVICE
Reporting by More Perfect Union found that industry money saturates nutrition research, lobbyists have spent decades scrubbing the words ‘eat less’ from federal guidelines, and the Trump administration’s new dietary rules were shaped by a panel where seven of nine members had financial ties to meat, dairy, or supplement industries. Beneath all of it, the… Continue reading WHO WRITES YOUR FOOD ADVICE
THE COURT FINISHES THE JOB
In 2013, the Supreme Court disabled the Voting Rights Act’s preclearance requirement and promised Section 2 would remain as a backstop. On April 29, 2026, a 6-3 majority finished the demolition. Louisiana v. Callais rewrites the rules for challenging racially discriminatory maps, adds burdens Congress never wrote into the law, and arrives four days before… Continue reading THE COURT FINISHES THE JOB
THE ABORTION CASE THAT IS NOT ABOUT ABORTION
A unanimous Supreme Court ruled April 29 that a New Jersey anti-abortion nonprofit can challenge a state subpoena for its donor list in federal court without waiting for state enforcement. The decision lands squarely in the abortion debate, but the legal principle it establishes reaches far beyond it, and the coalition that won the case… Continue reading THE ABORTION CASE THAT IS NOT ABOUT ABORTION
THE COURT RULES THAT YOUR ISP IS NOT THE COPYRIGHT POLICE
A unanimous Supreme Court threw out a $1 billion jury verdict against Cox Communications on March 25, ruling that internet service providers cannot be held liable for what their subscribers download. The decision rewrites the rules of online copyright enforcement and, in the view of two justices, quietly dismantles a law Congress spent decades building.… Continue reading THE COURT RULES THAT YOUR ISP IS NOT THE COPYRIGHT POLICE
COURT SENDS LINE 5 CASE BACK TO MICHIGAN
A unanimous Supreme Court ruled April 22 that Enbridge waited nearly 900 days too long to move a pipeline lawsuit from state to federal court. For Anishinaabe nations who depend on the waters at the Straits of Mackinac, the ruling returns to state court a case that has been in legal limbo for seven years.… Continue reading COURT SENDS LINE 5 CASE BACK TO MICHIGAN
THE RED WALL COMES TO NEVADA
Turning Point Action opened a Las Vegas headquarters in March 2026, announcing plans to hire more than 140 staff and target low-propensity Republican voters ahead of the midterms. The organization’s COO is under state criminal indictment. Its Nevada launch partner signed a fake elector document in 2020. The money funding the operation is largely untraceable.… Continue reading THE RED WALL COMES TO NEVADA
$600 MILLION, SAME BLUEPRINT
The Las Vegas Convention Center’s renovation is finished and the room tax is paying for it. The same architect, the same contractors, the same man who approved the project in government before running it in the private sector built this too. The result looks exactly like what came before it, because that was always the… Continue reading $600 MILLION, SAME BLUEPRINT
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