The U.S. is in no position to export AI solutions until it gets its own house in order.
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Posted inPolitics
They Don’t Want Trump OR Biden. Here’s How They Still Can Elect Biden.
Our new survey of these voters shows how the president can still win their support.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Judge Shopping Ended—by Judges Themselves
Feral (and federal) district court judges attempted to seize control of national policy one too many times.
Posted inBooks, Arts and Culture
A Cultural Artifact That Meets the Moment
Stephen King’s ‘Under the Dome’ nails how Trumpism functions at the most elemental of levels.
Posted inPolitics
Pre-Preemption
Conservative states have now taken to blocking liberal cities from even thinking about legislating on behalf of their residents.
Posted inCivil Rights in America
Assaults on the Right to Vote
The latest challenge to the Voting Rights Act of 1965 concerns who is allowed to sue to enforce it.
Posted inWorking in America
Election Deniers in the C-Suites
Workers can win union elections, but companies pull out all the stops to prevent them from obtaining a first contract.
Posted inPolitics
Mississippi’s Direct-Democracy Con in Progress
The ballot measure process died three years ago, but some Republicans working on a new, more restrictive framework hope that voters won’t notice.
Posted inPolitics
Breaking the Ballot
Republican state lawmakers are enthusiastic practitioners of direct-democracy backsliding. Can voters hold them off?
