Between Comey’s upcoming testimony and Trump’s endless tweets, you may not have noticed, but according to the White House, this is “infrastructure plan rollout week.” Right after the election, prominent Democrats had suggested they might be able to work with Trump on an infrastructure plan for all Americans. This means it’s particularly important for folks with liberal representatives to get informed about the drawbacks of the administration’s approach.
Courts in Session’s DOJ
Before Trump’s election, a bipartisan consensus had been emerging that racialized mass incarceration is ineffective and unjust. Add this to a decline in the federal prison population over the course of the 2000s, and criminal justice policy seemed to be taking a turn in the right direction. But with Jeff Sessions at the helm of the Department of Justice (DOJ), the Nixon-era “law and order” mentality is back, and measures are being taken to send more people to prison—and for longer.
Parenting in Trumpian America
From shoving the Montenegrin prime minister to refusing to admit when he’s wrong, President Trump has evoked a lot of comparisons to a toddler. But those of us raising kids know that even most toddlers have better impulse control than our 45th President. Still, how do we talk about this administration, and the public support that got him there, with our kids? What can we do to involve them in our resistance?