Populists and Productivity
“The reality is that we don’t know for sure what is driving the productivity puzzle or whether it is a temporary phenomenon. ”
What’s the matter with America?
To impeach or not to impeach.
Senate to vote on the Freedom to Vote Act next week
“To pass meaningful legislation, we must put aside our differences and find the common ground within our party.”
Guilty of grand theft overtime
A new ruling denies overtime protection to millions of workers.
Claudia Sheinbaum becomes first woman president of Mexico in landslide win
Claudia Sheinbaum, 61, a climate scientist and former mayor of Mexico City, she received close to 58 percent of the vote.
Trump’s divide-and-conquer strategy
Nothing could be more dangerous to our democracy and society.
How the Media Enabled Donald Trump by Destroying Politics First
The mainstream media is to blame for Donald Trump’s rise, but not for the reasons most people think.
Ari Berman: Republicans in North Dakota are attempting to disenfranchise thousands of Native voters
The law could make a difference in the close race between Democratic Senator Heidi Heitkamp and her Republican challenger Kevin Cramer.
The 47-minute presidency
So bear with me here as I take us back almost four years to look once again at how it all began, at the way in which, after those 47 minutes, you could have turned off your TV, blocked out all those cable news talking heads, and never looked at the man again.
Largest bank in Norway sells its assets in Dakota Access Pipeline
Earlier this month, Reuters reported that DNB was “reconsidering its participation” in the financing of the pipeline if “concerns raised by Native American tribes against its construction are not addressed.”