Homeless people

Trump is bringing in the National Guard and taking control of the Washington D.C. police to get rid of 'crime', good, 'bloodshed', good, 'bedlam', good, 'squalor', good but hard...

Priorities

Having a green card does not mean you can’t be deported

Alex Woodward, The Independent Immigrants who are married to US citizens have long expected that they won't be deported from the country while going through the process of obtaining...

A ray of housing hope is emerging in Washington

Housing affordability is a key issue for the American consumer on which the Trump administration has done nothing useful. From tariffs on construction material to higher budget deficits driving...

It’s time for a new American agenda

America is once again gripped by multiple political and societal crises. Most days in our local communities and in our wider public lives it can feel like we’re living...

US-EU trade deal leaves European countries unhappy

United States President Donald Trump in his vacuous hyperbole has called the US-European Union (EU) trade deal as “the biggest deal ever made”. But for many European countries it...

Deportations alone can’t fix US immigration problems

Underlying the demonstrations and street clashes of recent weeks is a dysfunctional system of immigration enforcement that needs to be fixed. With a bit of goodwill — from both...

Violence is becoming the new normal of Trump's America

Political violence has existed as long as politics. From both the left and the right, violence against political enemies has been a feature, not a bug, of radical political...

Strikes on Iran mark Trump's riskiest gamble

With his unprecedented decision to bomb Iran's nuclear sites, directly joining Israel's air attack on its regional arch foe, US President Donald Trump has done something he had long...