Magazine - Your Land
The great outdoors
“I have some good news,” said Bonnie Combs, marketing director for the Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor. “Nature is not canceled.” Combs said this back in…
June 30, 2020
Magazine - Features
J.K. Rowling’s lonely fight for women’s rights
A century ago, on Aug. 18, 1920, the 19th Amendment was ratified and women were guaranteed the right to vote. While we have achieved much else besides…
Magazine - Washington Briefing
Judging Trump: Confirmations overshadowed by stinging defeats in the Supreme Court
President Trump celebrated the confirmation of his 200th federal judge this month, a significant milestone in his reshaping of the judiciary in less than four years. But…
Magazine - Columnists
Trump’s in trouble
Until his misguided response to the pandemic and the protests and riots following the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis, President Trump had at least a 50-50…
Magazine - Washington Briefing
Trump wants to replace New START with a treaty that includes China
When President Trump exited the landmark 1987 Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty with Russia in August 2018, it left in force only one agreement limiting nuclear arms: the…
Magazine - Washington Briefing
Election-year politics stall police reform efforts
It’s not very often that Republicans and Democrats agree on significant policy matters, so when the two parties simultaneously called for quick passage of law enforcement reform…
Economy
Government helps boost savings and then spending for lower income households
Lower-income households saw a disproportionate increase in savings and then a rebound in spending during the first few months of the pandemic thanks in large part to…
Magazine - Washington Briefing
Ohio senator wants to shake up privacy regulations
In recent months, members of Congress have introduced several bills designed to protect consumer privacy, but one senator said he believes most current legislation doesn’t go far…
Magazine
We can see the thinning blue line
The nadir of President Barack Obama’s relations with Capitol Hill Democrats came in his first term when he abandoned immigration reform, and Rep. Luis Gutierrez threatened “civil…
Magazine - Life & Arts
Fake friends
According to legend, Frank Sinatra once said this to a close friend: “I wish that someone would hurt your family so that I could find that person…