Tag: Democrats
Name-calling in politics grabs headlines, but voters don’t like it –...
Beth L. Fossen, Indiana University
Spending on political advertising is setting records in the midterm elections. But evidence shows...
Trump-endorsed candidates would generally win even without his support – and...
Ian Anson, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Over the past few months, many journalists and pundits have credited the...
Appealing to Trump (and his base) might have worked in Pennsylvania...
Daniel J. Mallinson, Penn State
The Pennsylvania primaries of May 17, 2022, proved a good night for Donald Trump,...
Trillions in infrastructure spending could mean hundreds of billions in fraud
Jetson Leder-Luis, Boston University
The U.S. government may be on the verge of spending as much as US$4.5 trillion...
‘Tax the rich’? Democrats’ plans to make the wealthy pay a...
Gabriel Zucman, University of California, Berkeley and Emmanuel Saez, University of California, Berkeley
Demanding tax increases on the rich...
Why Ben & Jerry’s decision to stop selling ice cream in...
Ronnie Olesker, St. Lawrence University
In 2018, I was living in Israel while researching a book about the country’s...
The gas tax’s tortured history shows how hard it is to...
Theodore J. Kury, University of Florida
As the Biden administration and Republicans negotiate a possible infrastructure spending package, how...
Joe Biden appealed to 2 different audiences in his acceptance speech...
Todd Shaw, University of South Carolina and Cynthia A. Young, Pennsylvania State University
“Give people light,” Joe Biden said, beginning his acceptance speech at the...
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Trump’s EPA decides climate change doesn’t endanger public health – the...
Jonathan Levy, Boston University; Howard Frumkin, University of Washington; Jonathan Patz, University of Wisconsin-Madison, and Vijay Limaye, University of Wisconsin-Madison
