The Trump administration has proposed to adjust how we measure poverty, in an ill-disguised attempt to cut benefit levels.
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Can Europe Come Together?
The elections to the European Parliament halted the rise of the far right but produced more fragmentation—and that’s not good enough.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Getting Serious About Power
Can we learn something about the right’s strategic coherence without emulating either their ideas or their contempt for democracy?
Posted inEconomic Policy
Could California End Childhood Poverty?
America’s most liberal state government has a far-reaching plan to do just that. But does it have the will to enact it?
Posted inCivil Rights in America
Will Immigrants Find Themselves in the Driver’s Seat?
Trump’s ICE crackdown is increasing support for access to driver’s licenses.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Richie Neal and Trump’s Taxes
The costs of having a corporate Democrat chair the House Ways and Means Committee
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Europe’s Winter of Discontent
Domestic political turmoil in the European Union’s four largest economies spells trouble ahead.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Can the House Stop Trump’s Gross Immigration Abuse?
An overdue reform agenda awaits investigations and hearings.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
How to Regulate Tech Platforms
Their sheer market power destroys rivals and abuses data of users.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Locking Up the Children
The Trump administration’s treatment of migrant children as potential criminals has meant lengthy incarcerations for thousands—and an unwelcome shift in mission for the government’s children welfare specialists.