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Transcript: Trump’s Support Among Minority Voters Has Collapsed
So Zohran won seventy-five percent among those eighteen to twenty-nine; he won sixty-five percent among those thirty to forty-four. Among those with no college degree, he won forty-two percent...
The Young Voters and Minorities Who Backed Trump in 2024 Hate Him Now
You can watch this episode of Right Now With Perry Bacon above or by following this show on YouTube or Substack. You can read a transcript here. Voters under...
Transcript: Trump Wrecks His Case for Tariffs as SCOTUS Rant Backfires
And what those deals mean, I think, are up for interpretation. They often mean whatever is good for Trump. And so being able to get something out of these...
What Happened to Effective Altruism?
D.E.: The institutional critique of effective altruism is that Peter Singer’s solution to global poverty is very individualistic, essentially leaves power as it is, and doesn’t deal with the...
Remember the Republicans’ Rural Health Fund? It’s a Joke.
The grant will be dispersed over five years, and CMS will monitor how states implement their proposals, which means that many states may be reluctant to try something that...
Americans Hate AI. Will the Democrats Join Them?
Here is a clear and simple way for Democrats to transform their party’s brand to appeal to working Americans who are being crushed by high costs and angry at...
The Shocking Price of Groceries in Rural Alaska
The village of Unalakleet, on the western coast of Alaska, is accessible only by plane, boat, or—depending on the time of year—snowmobile. Most of the items in the village’s...
The Sports-Betting Crisis is the Supreme Court’s Fault
But gambling scandals by individual players and coaches all but disappeared after the enactment of the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act, or PASPA. Congress enacted the law in...
Inside the Hunger Crisis in America’s Last Frontier
By the time fruits and vegetables finally make it to the more rural villages in the region Kawerak serves, Lizak said, they are often halfway to their expiration date,...
Trump Wrecks His Own Case for Tariffs as Bizarre SCOTUS Rant Backfires
Signs are mounting that the Supreme Court might invalidate President Trump’s tariffs, and he’s clearly on edge about it. Trump just vented wildly about the case on Truth Social,...
