4+ day, 3+ hour ago   (1680+ words) Dozens of Trump supporters showed up to the annual St. Patricks Day Parade along Fifth Avenue in New York City. But that core base of 37% appears to be unmoved by all the ways in which Trump has disappointed many of…...

5+ day, 3+ hour ago   (1675+ words) Voters cast their ballots on November 5, 2024 in Jefferson, New Hampshire. Supply-Side Supremacy and "Starve the Beast" The Theory: The core tenet shifted from "balance the budget first" to "cut taxes to stimulate growth". Proponents argue that lower tax rates generate…...

5+ day, 4+ hour ago   (1727+ words) Russell Vought, the acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, testified before the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs in July. In mid-July testimony before Congress, Russell Vought boasted that, as the acting head of the Consumer…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (1628+ words) The senators — who include Tim Kaine of Virginia; Chris Van Hollen of Maryland; Brian Schatz of Hawaii; Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota; Christopher Coons of Delaware; Jeff Merkley of Oregon and Raphael Warnock of Georgia, who led the effort — requested a…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (1726+ words) An opinion essay traces America's cycle of welcoming immigrants and communities of color for labor, then excluding them once they gain power. The politics of exclusion is the deliberate use of power to push certain communities out of the American…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (1684+ words) Happy female entrepreneur with colleagues sitting at a desk in an office This nonpartisan policy brief, written by an ACE fellow, is republished by The Fulcrum as part of our partnership with the Alliance for Civic Engagement and our NextGen…...

2+ week, 21+ hour ago   (1698+ words) U.S. President Donald Trump welcomes Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney to the White House on Oct. 7, 2025 in Washington, D.C. This summer, America played host to one of the biggest international events on the planet, the World Cup, drawing millions of foreigners to…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (1663+ words) The legal profession’s legacy of protecting democracy must guide us now women in a courtroom Adams said later that this was “one of the best Pieces of Service I ever rendered my Country." He was celebrating his role, the lawyer’s…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (1684+ words) The president’s strategy has faced defeat at every turn so far. Last month, Trump gave a speech on elections that underscored his desperation for a win before the upcoming midterms. After promising to reveal “shocking” information about the 2020 election being…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (1692+ words) As federal research faces new political risks, scientists step out of the lab to fight back. These leaders described many new risks to the scientific enterprise, including: · Government threats to science across the board. The Union of Concerned Scientists maintains…...