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Tod Hardin

Tod Hardin was a founding staff member of DCReport and now serves as our editor-in-chief. For the past decade he has also written for and served as the special features editor over at our sister publication, Cultural Daily. His writing has also appeared in various publications around the country, and through hundreds of blog articles written for such organizations as Plastic Oceans International, California North Coast Tourism Council, Social Forestry Foundation and others. In addition, he is also an award-winning filmmaker, with credits that include producing and writing a variety of short documentary films, in addition to directing the highly acclaimed feature-length documentary AGAINST THE CURRENT.
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A Good Day for the Republic, If Not for Republicans

by Tod Hardin March 24, 2017

Says Ryan: “We are going to be living with Obamacare for the foreseeable future.”... Read more.

The House of Representatives in session.

Health & Healthcare

Renegade Representatives Are Ready to Vote Down Trumpcare

by Tod Hardin March 23, 2017

With a vote scheduled for today, at least 24 Republicans are opposed to the Trump-Ryan health care plan. If Democrats hold firm, that's enough votes to defeat ... Read more.

Nurses wheel a bed down the hall in a Hospital

Health & Healthcare, Immigration, Supreme Court

House prepares to vote on Obamacare repeal

by Tod Hardin March 22, 2017

The U.S. House is expected to vote Thursday on repealing and replacing much of the Affordable Care Act.... Read more.

Debt, Environment, Supreme Court

Democrats are in no mood to fight for the Supreme Court

by Tod Hardin March 20, 2017

Democrats don’t have the votes to stop Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch, but they don’t appear to have a strategy for a coordinated fight against Trump’... Read more.

Ethics, Health & Healthcare, Science, Taxes

Four Hundred Trump-Bannon Minions Are Taking Over the Government

by Tod Hardin March 11, 2017

Huge Caterpillar Raid Is Tied to an Accounting Fraud Intended to Dupe Investors Beachhead teams. Top-level appointments still drag, but Trump and Bannon have ... Read more.

Environment, Featured Story

Trump’s E.P.A. Pick Backed Industry Donors Over Regulators

by Tod Hardin January 14, 2017

WASHINGTON — A legal fight to clean up tons of chicken manure fouling the waters of Oklahoma’s bucolic northeastern corner — much of it from neighboring A... Read more.

American Economy Continues Growing

The Avoidable Debt Ceiling Debate

Federal Land Giveaways Again OK’d by House GOP

The Chip Subsidy Wars Heat Up

Massachusetts Towns Grapple With High-Hazard Dams as Climate Risks Escalate

U.S. Has Its First National Strategy To Reduce Plastic Pollution − Here Are 3 Strong Points and a Key Issue To Watch

Oceans Without Sharks Would Be Far Less Healthy – New Research

What Would a Kamala Harris Presidency Mean for the Climate?

The Navy’s First 4-Star Woman Admiral Reflects on Military Integration and the Time It Took To Become a Reality

Cluster Bombs: Here’s the Core Basics On the Issue

GOP Obsession: War on Mexico

Debating the Best Ways to Kill

Dumping Japan’s Nuclear Waste

3 Smart Ways to Lower Gasoline Prices And Still Punish Putin

Increasing U.S. Oil Production During Ukraine Invasion

Preventing Power Failures That Kill Hundreds of Americans

7-nation Prisoner Swap Shows How Diplomacy, Not Law, Governs Exchanges

U.S. Investigates Claims Cartel Funded Campaign of Obrador

Sudanese Refugees Are Starving, the U.S. Should Give a Hand

More Ticks Toward Doomsday

At the UN, World Leaders Are Negotiating the Biggest Health Issue You’ve Never Heard of

CJC-1295 with DAC: A Speculation into Research Implications

Laser vs. RF Vein Treatment: Comparing Effectiveness and Patient Outcomes

One Polio Case Stops the War

Beyond the Debate: A Call for Real Change, Not Just Tweaks Around the Edges

A Fact-Free Debate Over Governing

The Role of Purge and Trap Autosamplers in Environmental Analysis