Blog: Policy Shop

A common perception of the upcoming presidential election is that it will pivot on whether voters credit the recent uptick in employment as indicative of an economic turnaround, and thus support the President. Or whether they view record unemployment as a sign that a new approach to the economy is called for, even if the […]

A common perception of the upcoming presidential election is that it will pivot on whether voters credit the recent uptick in employment as indicative of an economic turnaround, and thus support the President. Or whether they view record unemployment as a sign that a new approach to the economy is called for, even if the […]

The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing yesterday called “The Citizens United Court and the Continuing Importance of the Voting Rights Act.” At first glance, this may seem a strange title. Citizens United, after all, was a (flawed) decision about the role of money in politics. The Voting Rights Act (VRA) was passed in […]

The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing yesterday called “The Citizens United Court and the Continuing Importance of the Voting Rights Act.” At first glance, this may seem a strange title. Citizens United, after all, was a (flawed) decision about the role of money in politics. The Voting Rights Act (VRA) was passed in […]

If insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result, the House GOP is insane. Last February, an article in Bloomberg Businessweek highlighted that since the Solyndra bankruptcy last year: House Republicans have sent 32 congressional letters, compelled 187,000 pages of administration documents, 72,000 pages of documents from Solyndra […]

If insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result, the House GOP is insane. Last February, an article in Bloomberg Businessweek highlighted that since the Solyndra bankruptcy last year: House Republicans have sent 32 congressional letters, compelled 187,000 pages of administration documents, 72,000 pages of documents from Solyndra […]

Even beyond voter ID, the rightwing plans on exercising extralegal, but not necessarily illegal, measures to suppress the vote in 2012. Bullies at the Ballot Box, a new report released jointly by Demos and Common Cause, surveys the state of the laws of ten states: Colorado, Florida, Missouri, Nevada, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, […]

Even beyond voter ID, the rightwing plans on exercising extralegal, but not necessarily illegal, measures to suppress the vote in 2012. Bullies at the Ballot Box, a new report released jointly by Demos and Common Cause, surveys the state of the laws of ten states: Colorado, Florida, Missouri, Nevada, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, […]

The Census data released today reinforces that reducing poverty should be a national priority. The headline? From 2010 to 2011 official poverty rate remained flat at 15%. That’s better then many analysts expected, but it’s still a pressing problem. That’s also just one measure. Dylan Matthews at Wonkblog rightly points out that the official metric […]

The Census data released today reinforces that reducing poverty should be a national priority. The headline? From 2010 to 2011 official poverty rate remained flat at 15%. That’s better then many analysts expected, but it’s still a pressing problem. That’s also just one measure. Dylan Matthews at Wonkblog rightly points out that the official metric […]