Led by Trump, GOP increasingly casts White people as racism’s victims

Early barbs for President Joe Biden’s Supreme Court selection process have helped crystallize a rising Republican line of attack against Democrats. “He’s saying, ‘If you’re a White guy, tough luck,’ ” complained Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas. Cruz was referring to Biden’s vow to name a Black woman to the […] Read more »

How would the American public respond to a Russian invasion of Ukraine?

President Joe Biden has said that Russia would experience “enormous consequences” if it invaded Ukraine, but that he has “no intention” of moving military forces into the country. Opinion polls suggest this might be more or less what the American people want. Across the political spectrum, a strong majority supports […] Read more »

Americans support a diplomatic boycott of the Winter Olympics

The 2022 Winter Olympics opened today in Beijing, with US athletes in attendance but US government officials absent, out of concern about China’s human rights record. This is the first official US diplomatic boycott since the 1984 games. … Although critics of the US say that the boycott has unnecessarily […] Read more »