Utilizing National Journal expertise to explore the issues of today.
Throughout much of his presidency, President Trump’s national approval rating has been mired between 40 and 45 percent, trailing the first-term approval ratings of recent presidents who went on to win their reelection bids. His disapproval ratings have routinely topped 50 percent. But even as
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Housing inequality has been a prevailing issue since long before the coronavirus pandemic: groups including families with children, people with disabilities, same-sex couples, and transgender individuals have long been victims of housing discrimination. Landlords and rental agents have employed tactics such as showing certain individuals
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The airline, automobile, and rail industries—as well as the energy industry that powers them all— were hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic, as stay-at-home orders and social distancing guidance sharply reduced travel demand. Though the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act attempted to
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Representative of an increasingly diverse country, the American electorate is far from being a monolithic vote, even when broken down by party. Not only are there stark differences amongst ideologies, but race, gender, age, and location shape how certain groups vote. In 2016, white voters
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While the COVID-19 pandemic continues its spread across the country, nearly 90 percent of the nation’s 50.8 million public school students have seen an early end to their school year—or, at least, their school building. As of April 23, 41 states, the District of Columbia,
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A contested convention? Going into the South Carolina primary election, former Vice President Joe Biden appeared to be a long shot to win the Democratic nomination for president. Despite leading in national polls for most of the primary, Biden placed fourth in the Iowa caucus,
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Human intelligence is no longer sufficient for processing the growing demand for data-driven decisions, so industry leaders across the private and public sectors hope artificial intelligence (AI) can supplement. Not only can AI streamline decision making and process large quantities of information quickly, but the
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A sign of the times If the internet changed our information consumption from a tropical storm into a hurricane, the recent evolution of online news channels—social media, e-newsletters, podcasts, etc.—elevated it to a Category 5. Of course, not all news is good news. Policy professionals’
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Twitter’s new policy and regulations on political campaign advertising have sparked a debate over the boundaries of regulation. The policy applies specifically to Twitter’s paid advertising products and “globally prohibits the promotion of political content.” Political content, in this case, includes content that references a
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