A strong majority of Americans say our public education system is unequal, and half say the nation’s schools aren’t well equipped to help children of all races and ethnicities succeed, according to a new Axios-Ipsos survey. … Eight in 10 Americans say public education is unequal, with different outcomes based […] Read more »
Biden-voting counties equal 70% of America’s economy. What does this mean for the nation’s political-economic divide?
Even with a new president and political party soon in charge of the White House, the nation’s economic standoff continues. Notwithstanding President-elect Joe Biden’s solid popular vote victory, last week’s election failed to deliver the kind of transformative reorientation of the nation’s political-economic map that Democrats (and some Republicans) had […] Read more »
Tonight, Biden could use Trump’s returns to shift the debate on taxes
How will Americans react to the news that President Trump has for years paid next to nothing in taxes? They will be angry, but they won’t be surprised. Trump’s tax returns confirm what most Americans already believe — that the tax code unfairly rewards the rich and that wealthy people […] Read more »
This Is How Biden Should Approach the Latino Vote
… There’s a winning message Mr. Biden and his party can deliver that resonates with most Hispanics no matter how they conceptualize the group’s racial identity. The key is to link racism and class conflict. The pivot we recommend was also the most convincing message we tested among whites and […] Read more »
Coronavirus: BBC poll shows stark divide between rich and poor countries
The coronavirus pandemic has hit poorer countries harder than the rest of the world, sowing inequality globally, a BBC poll has shown. The survey of nearly 30,000 people shows how different countries have been affected by the pandemic, six months after it was confirmed on 11 March. The financial toll […] Read more »
Trump vs. Biden Is an American History Rerun
Not long ago, the struggle between racial liberalism and racial conservatism was a battle fought inside the Democratic and Republican parties. Now it’s a battle fought between the parties. Even with Joe Biden and Kamala Harris at the top of the Democratic ticket, the importance of ethnicity and race in […] Read more »