Elon Musk’s Reign of Terror Is Only Just Beginning

His "departure" from the government is anything but.

By Alex Shephard

Tell Trader Joe’s: Use less plastic packaging

Sponsored by Environment America

At Trader Joe’s, bags of carrots, bunches of broccoli, and tubs of mushrooms are shrink-wrapped in plastic. These thin plastic films are nearly impossible to recycle.

When it enters our environment, plastic waste kills millions of animals every year.

Tell Trader Joe’s: Reduce plastic packaging

Trump’s Out-of-Control Debt Is Not a Bug. To the GOP, It’s a Feature.

Which presidents have added the most to the national debt? Those free-spending liberal Democrats? Think again, and think about the reason why.

By Michael Tomasky

Small Farmers Are Struggling With Trumpian Chaos—and Bracing for More

Grant freezes and program cuts at USDA, as well as efforts to slash food stamps, could leave community providers in rural America floundering.

By Grace Segers

The Real Reason We Want to See MAGA as a Cult

Understanding Trump’s movement this way helps us believe it will come to some disastrous end.

By Poulomi Saha

Where the Money Is: America’s Obscene Wealth Gap

Undoubtedly, Donald Trump is a threat to American democracy; but the bigger threat is the obscene wealth gap that allowed his rise. This event on Tuesday, June 24 will build on our special reporting and polling about the concentration of wealth in America.

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