An overwhelming share of Black Americans think the U.S. economic system is stacked against them and a slim majority believe the problem of racism will worsen during their lives, according to a Washington Post-Ipsos poll that explored the attitudes of the country’s second-largest minority group. The poll finds that Black […] Read more »
Americans say teachers are underpaid, about half of Republicans oppose book bans
We’ve all seen the headlines – about book bans, school board shoutfests and new laws to limit how teachers can talk about gender identity or racism. America is deeply divided, and those fissures are ripping through classrooms – with teachers trapped straddling the chasms. But are parents, teachers and the […] Read more »
Three years after Floyd’s death, a reckoning for Biden’s agenda on race
Three years after the murder of George Floyd sparked global protests and led then-candidate Joe Biden to endorse a broad platform of racial justice initiatives, the president is under pressure to prove to Black voters that he enacted as much of his equity agenda as possible — and that he […] Read more »
Marquette Law School Poll finds Trump and DeSantis leading Biden in head-to-head matches, DeSantis losing ground to Trump in primary
A new Marquette Law School Poll national survey finds that, as the race for president in 2024 now stands, Democratic President Joe Biden trails Republican former President Donald Trump by 5 percentage points among registered voters, with 52% for Trump and 47% for Biden. Biden also trails Republican Florida Gov. […] Read more »
The Most Jarring — And Revealing — Moment from Trump’s CNN Town Hall
In CNN’s tumultuous town hall last week with Donald Trump, the most jarring moment was the most revealing. For many viewers, an especially discordant exchange came when some of the New Hampshire Republicans in the studio audience laughed and cheered as the former president disparaged E. Jean Carroll, the woman […] Read more »
‘The Diplomat’ negotiates expectations – and myths – about gender, power and politics
Keri Russell plays a a nonpolitical straight shooter in a political role that she grudgingly accepts. Brian van der Brug / Contributor/Getty Images Karrin Vasby Anderson, Colorado State University Few people would have predicted that a loquacious drama about a woman foreign service professional would have been Netflix’s next big […] Read more »