Beyond the election spotlight, Americans continue to press for ways to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, protect their immigrant neighbors, and make businesses and not consumers bear the cost of new infrastructure investments to support their growth.
Almost seven million Americans marched, rallied, and sang patriotic songs on No Kings Day to protest the Trump regime’s grasp for power, demonstrating that democracy’s flame still burns bright in the United States.
Rather than fixing the many cracks in the immigration system, as Republicans and Democrats tried to do for years, our current government is instead attacking immigrants, seizing them in very public displays designed to instill fear, demonstrating no regard for individual rights and personal dignity.
Almost 300 climate scientists now believe the increase in global temperatures will substantially exceed the 1.5°C target set in the Paris Climate Agreement. The result will be unprecedented human migration. Through separate actions, Texas Governor Greg Abbott and the nonprofit Welcoming America may be resetting the politics around tackling the migration problem.
but it’s often lost in the 24/7 news stream or distorted or obscured,
often intentionally so, by the people who make the news.
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but it’s often lost in the 24/7 news stream or distorted or obscured, often intentionally so, by the people who make the news. The American Leader offers historical storylines and problem briefs to home in on what’s really happening beneath the surface of today’s headlines. We sift through the infostream for you, consulting and processing hundreds of sources to connect the dots and clarify the problems we face and showcase the efforts being made to solve them. It’s time-consuming work that needs your support.
We have to expect more to get more. We can make this a better country but only if we believe improving on the status quo is possible. A lot of people do believe and are hard at work to solve our systemic problems. We bring you their stories.
