Politics Archive
Archives for January 2015
Retread vs. retread, rather than old vs. new.
That viral Oxfam statistic is not telling you what you think it is. But it’s still telling you something important.
The next president will have a ton of say about US climate policy.
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’s history of the most recent round of peace negotiations points to a fundamental truth: the Palestinians are deeply frustrated with the US-led peace process, and are taking matters into their own hands.
No, really, the incoming immigration chair doesn’t even like legal immigration.
A simple message that helped change the course of history.
Public opinion on abortion isn’t as divided as you probably think.
Why it’s happening and what it means.
Some of America’s most dynamic industries are located in metro areas with a strictly limited supply of housing. One study suggests this costs the US economy tens of billions of dollars per year.
A major health insurer cracks the secretive world of health care prices wide open.
Only half the Senate could agree to a bill saying that humans “significantly” contribute to global warming.
It’s one thing to have a political fight over foreign policy. It’s quite another to break one of the most important principles in how foreign policy is made.
The claim that ISIS has nearly doubled its territory in Syria since US airstrikes began in September is seriously misleading. Here’s why.
How this speech is different from the ones that came before.
Contrary to Obama’s comments, empathy for black victims of racial profiling isn’t a given at all.