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Amy Walter is Publisher and Editor-in-Chief of the Cook Political Report with Amy Walter. A contributor to the PBS NewsHour, she provides weekly political analysis for the popular “Politics Monday" ...
A second strand was race-based local zoning laws. As African Americans migrated to cities in Southern and border states after the end of Reconstruction, those cities began to enact ordinances ...
In the early 1970s American feminism was on a roll. The Equal Rights Amendment (ERA), left for dead for decades, sailed through both houses of Congress in spring 1972. Within three months, 20 states, ...
In this scenario, states or localities can step in and establish their own pro-worker labor laws, and lawmakers in three states (California, Massachusetts, and New York) are currently considering ...
In early March 2021, the Biden Administration rolled out the first part of its multitrillion dollar plan to meet the COVID-19 crisis and rebuild the U.S. economy. The $1.9 trillion American Rescue ...
Many pundits bemoan the absence of a “grand strategy,” but pretentious slogans do not a foreign policy make. In a world as complex as the one we face, foreign policy does not fit on a bumper sticker.
The Court was the last real line of defense for the right to access abortion in this country. With Kavanaugh’s confirmation, ...
In moments of crisis, it’s easy to think that capitalism is finished. But don't forget the system’s formidable ability to ...