Feb 01 How income inequality can make or break presidential elections By James K. Galbraith The relationship between political sentiment and measured economic inequalities is so important to understand, even though at first glance it's counter-intuitive. Continue reading
Dec 19 Former Green Party presidential candidate cooperates in Russia probe into 2016 election By Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press The request to Jill Stein is more evidence that the Senate panel will still have much work to do in 2018. While the investigation has largely focused on both the Russian interference and whether it was in any way connected… Continue reading
Nov 14 Donald Trump Jr. has released his private tweets with WikiLeaks By Associated Press The revelations are sure to increase calls in Congress to have Trump Jr. testify publicly as part of several committee probes into Russian interference in the 2016 election. And they add a new element to the investigations that have been… Continue reading
Oct 18 Twitter chat: How the gun control debate mirrors larger issues of partisanship in America By Lora Strum What would it take to turn Texas, a Republican stronghold, into a blue state? According to data from SurveyMonkey, just remove all the gun owners from the Lone Star State and it would have gone to Hillary Clinton in… Continue reading
Oct 04 WATCH: Senators discuss first findings in Russia probe By Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press WASHINGTON — The chairman of the Senate intelligence committee said Wednesday the panel is continuing to investigate possible collusion between Russia and associates of the Trump campaign, but has not reached a conclusion yet. Continue reading
Sep 21 Mark Zuckerberg says Facebook will cooperate with government on Russia investigation By Associated Press Zuckerberg hinted that the company may not provide much information publicly, saying that the fact that his company is a part of the federal investigation would limit what he can reveal. Continue reading
Sep 15 Watch 22:01 Dissecting the election, Hillary Clinton sees dangers for democracy By Judy Woodruff, Rachel Wellford Calling the Trump presidency "a clear and present danger to our country and to the world,” Hillary Clinton says there is no leadership from the White House on exposing how Russia tried to destabilize American democracy. The former senator, secretary… Continue watching
Sep 15 ‘What Happened,’ according to Hillary Clinton (full interview) By Erica R. Hendry Hillary Clinton criticized President Donald Trump on a number of fronts in a PBS NewsHour interview Friday, saying “he’s being played” by dictators like Russia’s Vladimir Putin and North Korea’s Kim Jong Un, and also criticizing the president’s… Continue reading
Sep 15 Hillary Clinton on whether President Trump is racist By Daniel Bush President Donald Trump has provided a “lot of encouragement” to the Klu Klux Klan and hasn’t done enough to condemn neo-Nazis and white supremacists, Hillary Clinton told NewsHour's Judy Woodruff on Friday. Continue reading
Sep 09 A Russian propaganda group purchased ads on Facebook during the 2016 election. Here’s what that means. By Dan Cooney Facebook announced this week that a Russian propaganda organization used the social media platform to purchase $100,000 of political advertising. Here’s what you need to know about this news. Continue reading