“I have done more for Black Americans than anybody with the possible exception of Abraham Lincoln,” Donald Trump has claimed on multiple occasions. “Nobody can dispute it.”
Well, lots of people have examined his record and drawn a dramatically different conclusion. Here’s what they have found.
The economic recovery from the Great Recession that started under the Obama administration continued during the first three years of Trump’s presidency, benefiting Black as wel...
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Which candidate’s plan will actually make America healthy again?
With the presidential election less than a week away, health care is not on the ballot, but the winner will definitely impact the direction our health care system takes. In fact, the candidates’ respective approaches to health care appear to be diametrically opposed based on their previous statements and records.
A President Kamala Harris would likely extend coverage to millions more people by expanding the Affordable Care Act and the Medicaid expansion to all 50 states. She w...
Kamala Harris and Democrats will pack the Supreme Court if they win
In 2016, countless conservatives skeptical of Donald Trump voted for him anyway because the future of the Supreme Court was on the ballot. Now that concern is even more pressing.
This election, more than Justice Antonin Scalia’s seat is up for grabs — the Supreme Court as we know it is at stake.
At her CNN town hall, Kamala Harris was asked if she supported packing the Supreme Court with multiple additional justices in order to change its ideological composition. Sh...
Harris will fight to protect health care for more than 4 million Hispanics
When my sister, Kimberly, was two years old, she was diagnosed with a brain tumor. As she was fighting for her life, my parents were fighting to protect their family.
My mom and dad spent every dollar they had on Kimberly's medical expenses as she quickly maxed out her lifetime cap on health insurance.
Kimberly died at age 21, and my parents spent years trying to pay off the debt incurred from her medical expenses. No parent should have to grieve th...
Here’s one way America’s many ‘pro-worker’ candidates can deliver
Even during a contentious election year, plenty of Democrats and Republicans agree on something: With millions of Americans earning money on freelance and gig platforms, it’s time to focus on innovative ideas to better incorporate this growing self-employed workforce.
Portable benefits — those tied to a worker rather than an employer — are rapidly moving to the top of a bipartisan agenda.
In fact, the next president and Congress, no matter who that happens to be, wi...
Harris cynically rediscovers Obamacare a month before Election Day
Remarkably, before his defenestration, Joe Biden had not made healthcare much of an issue in his re-election campaign. This seemed unusual. It was the first time since Bill Clinton’s 1992 race that the creation of national health insurance hadn’t emerged as a major campaign issue.
Biden’s relative silence on healthcare was all the more surprising given that he had long made healthcare a signature issue, as he did in the 2020 race. He talked about healthcare in his swan son...
Win or lose, JD Vance will be the new and improved Donald Trump in 30 days
With just 28 days until Election Day, I can’t predict who will win. But after last week’s vice-presidential debate, I predict Sen. JD Vance of Ohio will be the frontrunner for the 2028 GOP nomination.
Even if Democrats win the White House in November, Vance will instantly become the most sought-after headliner for GOP fundraisers ahead of the 2026 midterms. On Capitol Hill, the junior senator from Ohio will be a power player in the fight to pick a successor to Sen. Mitch McCon...
Who was the JD Vance voters saw at the debate?
Well that was ... unexpected. The first question is, was JD Vance kidnaped or did he voluntarily agree to swap places with his body double? The inoffensive, agreeable, occasionally empathetic GOP VP hopeful that showed up for the debate is not the JD Vance that ran for the Senate, turned up for podcasts or goes out and campaigns for Donald Trump. Vance is intelligent and articulate. His trademark is adapting his convictions and his personality to...
Voters need a second presidential debate that looks very different than the first
In every presidential election year since 1976, the main contenders have had at least two debates; in many years, there have been three.
However, we might only get one between the two nominees in 2024, now that former President Donald Trump has announced he will not debate President Kamala Harris again, claiming the original ABC debate was “rigged” against him.
That’s not good enough. If this is indeed the most important election o...
America is less polarized than it seems. Politicians need better data.
Polarization, a scholar has quipped, is a problem that no one can explain or solve.
We know that a vast ideological gulf now separates most Democratic from most Republican politicians. We also know that highly polarized politicians poorly represent many of their constituents, who remain comparatively moderate. But we’re not sure why polarization has arisen or what we can do about it.
As a pathology of American politics that has developed over decades, polarizat...