Outside the Beltway

Nationwide protests yesterday show a growing outrage over Trump 2.0.

A rebuke of pretextual firings but likely not a permanent solution.

Is the DOGE now on a leash?

A judge says OPM has no authority to fire workers in other agencies.

The unorthodox non-agency agency run by no one in particular may violate the basic rules of our system.

In the immortal words of Emily Litella, “Never mind.”

They’re leaving their dogs.

Federal workers are afraid and in the dark.

The real crime is what’s legal.

They have a preference but may not vote.

Donald Trump fared considerably worse against a cogent opponent.

Massive numbers are taking to the streets in protest.

If we’re even bowling at all.

The NLRB has sided with Dartmouth players on unionization.

Most no longer believe it’s possible to get ahead through hard work.

The game is the game.

The Emily’s list leader will be the first Black lesbian in the Senate.

The President’s support for labor and aggressive action on climate change are in tension.

A pandemic-inspired perk seems to be going away.

The rioting never seems to stop.

We’re seeing our lowest test scores in decades among a key cohort.

Hollywood and the news media are roiled in labor disputes.

Dueling headlines give radically different impressions of the same case.

“The question we are facing is whether in the years ahead we have more freedom or less freedom. More rights or fewer.”

France shines new light on an old problem.

My (apparently) annual reflections on “The content of their character” day

We charge patients way more than other counties.

Washington has imposed a contract that workers rejected.

Would bypassing politicians altogether make the system more just?

An impasse over schedule flexibility could have widespread impact.

What’s being billed as the largest hike in years is anything but.

Is it time to call the whole thing off?

The symbolic vote attracted a handful of Republican votes.

How long can the unsustainable be sustained?

Half a century have passed since a botched burglary changed history.

Are we too regulated for our own good?

A diplomatic nightmare brewing since last week is now upon us.

The plural of anecdote is not data.

A too-small step in the right direction.

The pandemic seems to have broken the social contract.

It’s not compelling.

The equivalent of Pennsylvania’s entire labor force is sitting on the sidelines.

Doing nothing is still a choice, and the legitimacy crisis is here, like it or not.

We’re an incredibly divided country but splitting it into two is impossible.

President Trump’s destruction of longstanding norms continues under his successor.

Our love for cheap goods and services requires lots of people willing to work for very little.