The Case for a Third Reconstruction.

Just months into Donald trump's second term, it's clear that his administration is transforming our government. the gutting of health and safety net programs like Medicaid and SNAP will devastate millions of families. the gutting of regulatory oversight will have equally profound and far-reaching effects: Americans will face more exploitation and harm at work, more consumer fraud, more discrimination, and more exposure to tainted food and climate disaster. Even as government is being disman-tled in these domains, in other areas the administration is weaponizing the coercive power of the state in terrifying ways. ICE conducts militarized and lawless immigration enforcement raids across the country, while the Department of Justice and other federal agencies target universities, private firms, and civil society organizations that are seen as hostile to trump, or too committed to progressive causes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]