The Logger Who Changed His
Mind
MAINE POLITICS · LABOR MOVEMENT
Troy Jackson’s political evolution
from logger to Senate candidate
highlights tensions between changing
beliefs and enduring labor concerns
in Maine.
Troy Jackson entered politics by
helping stop traffic at the Canadian
border. Nearly 30 years later, he…
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The House Is Within Reach.
The Senate Is a High-Wire
Act.
US SENATE · US HOUSE · ELECTIONS
Democrats are favored to regain the
House, but securing a Senate
majority faces significant
challenges amid shifting races and
voting.
A few weeks ago, the Democratic path
to controlling Congress looked
difficult but reasonably clear…
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Dear Professor Reich:
Pragmatism First, Please
DEMOCRATIC REFORM · SUPREME COURT · CAMPAIGN FINANCE
Robert Reich proposes comprehensive
reforms to address American
democracy’s challenges, including
court term limits,
anti-gerrymandering measures, voting
rights restoration, campaign.
Most Americans do not wake up
thinking about Article III, the…
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The Workers America Depends
On
IMMIGRATION POLICY · TEMPORARY PROTECTED STATUS
The Supreme Court ruling allowing
the Trump administration to end
Temporary Protected Status threatens
over a million workers, risking…
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The Permission-Slip
Presidency Comes for AI
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE · GOVERNMENT REGULATION
The U.S. government is restricting
access to advanced AI models,
prioritizing trusted partners and
national security over broad public
availability.
The newest thing in artificial
intelligence is not a model. It is a
permission slip…
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Washington Nearly Blinded
Itself to the Ocean
CLIMATE · GOVERNMENT · REGIONAL
The National Science Foundation
nearly dismantled the Ocean
Observatories Initiative, risking
loss of critical long-term ocean
data before reversing course.
Washington has a bad habit of
discovering the value of scientific
instruments only after it orders…
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