Who Is Eric Adams? - The American Prospect
WEBJul 9, 2021 · Expand. John Minchillo/AP Photo. New York Democratic mayoral primary winner Eric Adams attends a parade honoring essential workers during the COVID-19 pandemic, July 7, 2021, in New York. To begin with Adams himself, his decades of shape-shifting doubtless contributed both to his victory and to the difficulty in characterizing him …
How to Counteract the Court - The American Prospect
WEBNov 24, 2020 · Voting Rights Perhaps the most consequential legislation passed in the 20th century lost its potency in a Supreme Court decision decided on statutory grounds, Shelby County v.Holder (2013).The Court held in a party-line 5-4 vote that section 4(b) of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, which required jurisdictions with histories of discrimination to get …
Rethinking Incarceration - The American Prospect
WEBJan 3, 2019 · The best-known effort to understand the prison crisis at a deeper level is Michelle Alexander's argument that incarceration is the “new Jim Crow.”. Alexander argued that mass incarceration is a racially motivated system for locking the black population into an inferior economic and political status.
Are Colleges Toast? - The American Prospect
WEBFeb 9, 2021 · Galloway is not the first to anticipate the demise of the university. In 2011, Christensen forecast that online education would drive half of the country’s 4,000 colleges and universities out of business in 10 or 15 years. But these institutions have proven staying power: Between 2015 and 2019, just 53 of them closed.
Progressives Help Progressives—Across City Lines
WEBJan 13, 2020 · Progressives Help Progressives—Across City Lines. Local Progress, a nationwide network of left-leaning municipal elected officials, is fast becoming the strategic switchboard for America’s increasingly liberal cities. by Rachel M. Cohen. January 13, 2020. In the fall of 2017, a group of progressive city councilmembers across Texas decided ...
Will the Supreme Court Help the Right ‘Starve the Beast’?
WEBDecember 6, 2023. Expand. Evan Vucci/AP Photo. The long-standing goal of the Republican right, in the famous words of anti-tax activist Grover Norquist, is to starve the beast of the deep state by denying it revenue. The right may get at least some of its wish if the Supreme Court sides with the plaintiffs in the case of Moore v.
Populism After Trump - The American Prospect
WEBAug 26, 2020 · Populism After Trump. Josh Hawley’s communitarian nationalism echoes the ‘social’ nationalists of Europe. When Joe Biden asserted a year ago that “history will treat this administration’s time as an aberration,” he captured the mainstream belief that Donald Trump’s populism can be erased through a return to “normal” government.
Invisible Privatization - The American Prospect
WEBMar 28, 2022 · Invisible Privatization. Today on TAP: Medicare, the crown jewel of American health care, is being stealthily devoured by health insurance companies. Retired New York City municipal workers protest a scheduled replacement of their traditional Medicare benefits with Medicare Advantage Plus, February 14, 2022. One of the real …
McCarthy vs. Moderate House Republicans - The American Prospect
WEBJan 10, 2023 · Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) is seen during a motion to adjourn vote after he did not receive enough votes to become Speaker, on January 7, 2023. He was eventually elected Speaker on the 15th ballot. The 20 most nihilistic members of the Republican caucus, less than 5 percent of the House, are now holding the entire House hostage, …
Charging Stations Could Drive Electric Vehicles Into a Wall
WEBApr 2, 2021 · In nine years, gas stations will be obsolete if all goes according to President Biden’s American Jobs Plan. One of the most closely watched, if thin-on-details, provisions sketches the parameters of the administration’s electric-vehicle initiative, which calls for 500,000 charging stations across America by 2030. Therein lies a major problem.