Tag: U.S. politics
Wisconsin and North Carolina Republicans Are Playing a Dangerous New Game
Even as U.S. politics became more contentious and polarized over the past quarter century, a few pockets of the government remained comparatively above the fray, including the courts, which sought to position themselves apart from politics, and state capitols, where pragmatism trumped partisanship.
But those redoubts have fallen in recent years. The Supreme Court has become more ideologically aligned with the Republican Party, and state legislatures host pitched ideological battles. Now institutions that sit at their intersection—state courts, especially state
Scoop! Why Ben from Ben & Jerry’s blames America for war in Ukraine – POLITICO
Ben Cohen wasn’t talking about ice cream. He was talking about American militarism.
At 72, the co-founder of Ben & Jerry’s ice cream is bald and bespectacled. He looks fit, cherubic even, but when he got going on what it was like to grow up during the Cold War, his tone became less playful and more assertive — almost defiant.
“I had his image of these two countries facing each other, and each one had this huge pile of shiny,
A Radical Idea for Fixing Congress: Proportional Representation
For most Americans, voting for a member of Congress is one of their simplest civic duties. Every two years, they pick the candidate they like best—usually the same one they chose last time—and whoever gets the most votes will represent them and a few hundred thousand of their neighbors in the House of Representatives. In nearly every case, the winner is a Republican or Democrat, and whichever party captures the most seats secures a governing majority.
That basic
The first 100 days of Liz Truss’ Britain – POLITICO
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LONDON — If the opinion polls are right, this is Liz Truss’ world now — and we’ll all soon be living in it.
With three weeks to go in the U.K. Conservative Party leadership race, every poll of the 180,000-strong Tory membership suggests Truss, the foreign secretary, is streets ahead of her rival Rishi Sunak.
Amid a burgeoning cost of living crisis and with recession now looming, the next prime minister will need