Steven Mikulan

3 weeks ago | laprogressive.com | Steven Mikulan |Rob Maurer

Eventually the Trump administration will have to stop paying attention to the courts. There really is no way around it: At some point the Justice Department must decide it’s a waste of time to keep sending its lawyers to present fantasist, whataboutist arguments to unsympathetic judges. When that day comes we’ll all know the jig is up — we’ll be a nation of lawbreakers and not laws, and the Constitution will go into storage. No more Mr. Nice Guy.

4 weeks ago | capitalandmain.com | Steven Mikulan

Every week since Inauguration Day there’s been some “high noon” reckoning that shines a spotlight on people who must decide whether to acquiesce or to make a difference. It may be a powerhouse law firm caving to the president’s demands for free legal services, or the refusal of a lowly civil servant to turn over the personnel files of citizens to DOGE. In High Noon in America, Capital & Main looks at the individuals and institutions that succeeded or failed to stand up against intimidation.

1 month ago | capitalandmain.com | Steven Mikulan

Jim Crogan was the classic reporter: a relentless digger who never failed to “follow the money.” Crogan, who died Feb. 7 at his Valley Village home at 73, was a graduate of Notre Dame who found his stride with stories published in the LA Weekly during the 1990s and aughts. His coverage often focused on malfeasance in district attorneys’ offices or at police departments.

1 month ago | laprogressive.com | Steven Mikulan |Rob Maurer

Will the old prison be reborn as America’s Devil’s Island or as a theme park for the carceral state? Since Donald Trump retook the White House, there’s been no such thing as a slow news day. Just when the apple cart of political civility is patched up from his last Truth Social monologue, Sean Hannity interview or executive order, out come new demands or malarial musings that send Democrats running to the microphones and CNN to summon back its on-call panels of experts and pundits.

1 month ago | capitalandmain.com | Steven Mikulan

Every week since Inauguration Day there’s been some “high noon” reckoning that shines a spotlight on people who must decide whether to acquiesce or to make a difference. It may be a powerhouse law firm caving to the president’s demands for free legal services, or the refusal of a lowly civil servant to turn over the personnel files of citizens to DOGE. In High Noon in America, Capital & Main looks at the individuals and institutions that succeeded or failed to stand up against intimidation.