In May 2018, more than eleven hundred American economics teachers and economists, among them eleven Nobel Prize winners, banded together to sign an open
Category: Protest/Resistance
Top Trump official publishes devastating op-ed in New York Times [anonymously]
The New York Times took the rare step, today, of publishing an anonymous Op-Ed essay. The author, an unnamed, senior White House official, delivers
Republican strategist Steve Schmidt renounces GOP membership
Republican strategist and party loyalist Steve Schmidt’s painful statement today on why he has decided to leave the Republican party is well worth reading
Kurdish Rights and Autonomy in the Middle East
The March for Our Lives on March 24th received much-needed attention from the mainstream press. However, March 24th also saw demonstrations across the world
Why he quit: Dept. of Interior scientist blasts Zinke in resignation letter
Joel Clement, a scientist at the Department of the Interior, has just joined the legions of people quitting the Trump administration and leaving toughly
The View From The Tower
If you were looking for a hackneyed and inelegant metaphor for privilege and inequality, the building I work in would be an excellent choice.
Why he quit: Scientist resigns from Trump’s State Dept. with a biting message
Daniel Kammen couldn’t take it any more, so he quit. An expert in renewable energy, he was appointed by President Obama in 2016 as