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December 6, 2018 Elections / On the Issues

Voting Rights & Access: Citizen Initiatives Made a Splash in 2018

For months or years leading up to November’s elections, Americans across the country called, canvassed, and petitioned their way onto state ballots. These individuals and groups were taking advantage of state laws that permit citizens themselves to propose and decide on policy initiatives— a form

October 29, 2018 On the Issues / Technology and Cybersecurity

Robocalls: the FCC’s top consumer protection priority

Since taking office in January 2017, FCC Chairman Ajit Pai has stated multiple times that combating illegal robocalls would be the FCC’s top consumer protection priority. In a blog post last year, Pai described common nuisances of robocalls, noting that “we’ve all been there.” A

October 25, 2018 Elections / On the Issues

Midterms preview: the race to a majority

As voters head to the polls for early voting, the landscape of the midterms remains far from secure for either party. Although the odds of Democrats taking the House has stayed relatively high, control of the Senate remains a guessing game. Fundraising numbers have skyrocketed

October 25, 2018 Health Care / On the Issues

Health care and the midterms

With under two weeks until the 2018 midterm elections, health care has emerged as an important theme, shaping the rhetoric of both Democrats and Republicans alike. Eight years ago, Democrats lost their house majority, largely because their key legislative victory, the Patient Protection and Affordable

October 17, 2018 Economy / On the Issues

Why has the number of publicly traded companies dropped?

You wouldn’t know it from the surging bull market, but American stock markets have shrunk by almost half companies listed over the past 20 years. According to data from the World Bank, there are fewer American companies listed on stock exchanges today than there were

September 12, 2018 Economy / On the Issues

The Department of Agriculture’s farm-assistance payments: explained

On August 27, 2018, Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue announced the first round of direct farm-assistance payments to be released through the Trump administration’s $12 billion trade mitigation package. Arguing that these measures would serve as a stopgap until more lasting trade deals could be struck,

September 10, 2018 Courts / On the Issues

Donald Trump’s lasting impact: reshaping the nation’s federal courts

As Republicans and Democrats battle over President Trump’s most recent Supreme Court nominee, Brett Kavanaugh, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is quietly and rapidly scheduling votes for lower court nominees without much pushback from Democrats. National interest has fixated on the nominations of Neil Gorsuch

August 22, 2018 Elections / On the Issues

How has election polling accuracy fared in 2017 and 2018?

Donald Trump’s victory over Hillary Clinton in the 2016 presidential election defied the predictions of most well-known pollsters, who had estimated Clinton’s likelihood of winning in the 70 to 99 percent range. After Trump’s win, many headlines suggested that the polls had failed, and the

August 20, 2018 PACs

Increasing numbers of candidates are refusing corporate PAC donations

Ever since Citizens United and its accompanying Supreme Court decisions transformed campaign spending in American elections, many candidates decided that they would be better off embracing it rather than be left behind in the fundraising arms race. “Until Republicans come to the table to discuss