The era of Donald Trump has brought with it what one might view as either a golden moment or a dark age for fact-checking. The president’s extremely loose regard for the truth, even for a politician, has produced a surfeit of fresh grist to verify—or more often, debunk. Yet it […] Read more »
Trump should keep tweeting
Donald Trump is once again under fire for remarks about women and blood, this time commenting on Morning Joe’s Mika Brzezinski allegedly approaching him while “still bleeding from a face lift.” … But as vile and painful as the president’s tweets often are, they’re performing an important role in American […] Read more »
Will women vote for women in 2018? It depends on if they’re married
EMILY’s List helps elect pro-choice Democratic women candidates to office. AP Photo/Charles Dharapak Leah Ruppanner, University of Melbourne; Christopher Stout, Oregon State University, and Kelsy Kretschmer, Oregon State University The 2018 elections promise to be the “Year of the Woman,” with more women planning to step into local, state and […] Read more »
This is why so many Republicans are ready to ignore public opinion on health care
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.) and the GOP leadership are scrambling this week to corral 50 out of 52 Republican votes for an historically unpopular health-care bill. Why did so many House Republicans already vote for a bill that large majorities in every state detest? And why are their […] Read more »
The ‘wave’ of right-wing populist sentiment is a myth
Last year’s Brexit vote, the election of Donald Trump and electoral gains by right-wing populist parties in countries as diverse as Hungary, Switzerland and Denmark seem to demonstrate that right-wing populist sentiment is on the rise in affluent democracies. But in Europe, at least, that’s simply not the case. In […] Read more »
How attitudes about immigration, race and religion contributed to Trump victory
The story of President Trump’s victory over Hillary Clinton has been analyzed and reanalyzed, told and retold since November. Is there more to add? The short answer, based on four reports released on Tuesday, is yes, and what the reports say is provocative. The reports debunk some of the assertions […] Read more »