Mississippi’s Direct-Democracy Con in Progress
Something is rotten in the state of Mississippi. Republicans in the Mississippi House of Representatives are trying to convince voters that they’re playing fair in their deliberations to revive the ballot measures framework that was unceremoniously shut down three years…
Politico’s Hit Job on U.S. Trade Rep Katherine Tai
President Biden has broken with several decades of orthodox trade policy. He has been willing to subordinate the traditional corporate brand of trade deals to a “worker-centered” industrial and trade policy. He has partly sacrificed the sacred cow of past…
America Has Stumbled Into an Avoidable Middle East War
Despite plenty of warnings, the United States has stumbled into a worst-case scenario: an incredibly dangerous, expanding regional Middle East war with the United States fighting on multiple fronts. And it was all entirely avoidable. On Sunday, Iraqi factions from…
Jay Powell’s Victory Lap
The Federal Open Market Committee wrapped up its rate-setting meeting today leaving rates unchanged and warning that the economy is not totally out of the woods on inflation. The FOMC did not recant the signals it sent late last year…
Election Deniers in the C-Suites
Election day was jubilant at the REI retail store in the SoHo district of New York City in March 2022. Once the votes were counted, workers seeking to affiliate with the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union had shrugged off…
Will Biden Finally Break With Bibi?
President Biden and those who care about the survival of American democracy have gotten some hopeful news in recent days. Nikki Haley’s campaign appears to be damaging Trump. It’s getting under his skin and making him even more demented, nicely…
U.S.-Germany Relationship Remains Solid, but Underlying Policy Differences Begin to Show
Findings from the seventh joint survey between Pew Research Center and Körber-Stiftung demonstrate that Americans and Germans see the relationship between their countries in a positive light, even as major world events test the limits of the trans-Atlantic alliance. With…
BlackLivesMatter Turns 10
In July 2013, activists first used the #BlackLivesMatter hashtag to spark conversation about racism, violence and the criminal justice system following George Zimmerman’s acquittal in the shooting death of Trayvon Martin in Sanford, Florida. Ten years later, Black Lives Matter…
Most Americans say elected officials should avoid heated or aggressive speech
Seven-in-ten Americans say elected officials should avoid heated or aggressive language because it could encourage some people to take violent action. By contrast, 29% say officials should be able to use heated language without worrying about how some people may…
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in the Workplace
Workplace diversity, equity and inclusion efforts, or DEI, are increasingly becoming part of national political debates. For a majority of employed U.S. adults (56%), focusing on increasing DEI at work is a good thing, according to a new Pew Research…