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Ainsley for The New Statesman: The Tories don’t understand the new working class
03.25.2024
By Claire Ainsley Lee Anderson’s recent defection to Reform UK was perceived by many Conservatives as symbolic of the fracture between their party and the voters it won for the first time in 2019. For some, the views represented by Anderson have become synonymous with working-class voters. But this mistaken characterisation of today’s working class…
Ainsley for The Liberal Patriot: Britain Faces Fallout from War in the Holy Land
03.25.2024
By Claire Ainsley The conflict in Gaza is still making daily news headlines in the UK, five months on from the Hamas atrocities of October 7. Widespread condemnation of Hamas’ horrific actions and initial political backing for Israel’s right to defend itself has been followed by political and public unease at the extent of civilian…
Marshall for The Hill: Will Progressives confront left-wing antisemitism?
03.22.2024
By Will Marshall The torrent of antisemitism let loose by student protests against the war in Gaza is a national embarrassment, but it reflects especially badly on leaders of America’s elite colleges and the intersectional left. Two Ivy League presidents, University of Pennsylvania’s Liz Magill and Harvard’s Claudine Gay, resigned from their jobs after a December…
Johnson for American Purpose: Ugh, Capitalism
03.20.2024
By Jeremiah Johnson Complaints about “The Man” were a common theme in film and television through the 70s, 80s, and 90s. As with so many parts of pop culture, the phrase had roots in Black film and television before migrating to the mainstream—what used to be a mainstay of blaxploitation films parroted by white teenage stoners. Anybody who…
Weinstein Jr. for Forbes: End “Junk Fees” At Colleges And Universities
03.20.2024
By Paul Weinstein Jr. Despite a strong economy and higher wages, many Americans continue to feel worse off than before the COVID-19 pandemic. One reason is that though the consumer price index has dropped from 9.1% in June 2022 to 3.1% in February 2024, consumer purchasing power has declined by one-fifth over that same period.…
Moss for Competition Policy International’s TechREG Chronicle: Is Merger Enforcement Keeping Up with the Cloud?
03.19.2024
By Diana Moss U.S. merger enforcement has taken a back seat in the cloud market, which has grown largely through acquisition and is now relatively mature. When merger enforcement in cloud does take shape, however, it could serve both to head off harmful consolidation and support non-competition cloud policy objectives such as the stability of…
Gresser and Maag for Newsweek: Who Makes Up the Working Class? Neither Party Seems To Know
03.15.2024
By Ed Gresser and Taylor Maag With just over 30 weeks left before the 2024 election, Democrats are debating which voters to put at the center of their summer and fall efforts. Some want to focus on young people, others on college-educated voters. Many in the party want to focus outreach on non-college and blue-collar workers—a…
Ryan for Newsweek: Who Knew Biden Had It in Him? Biden Crushed the State of the Union
03.08.2024
By Tim Ryan Okay, I’ll admit it: Joe Biden surprised me last night. I didn’t expect it. These major-league speeches are judged on both style and substance, and the presumption, after months of incessant question-raising about his age, was that the President would present like the title character in Weekend at Bernie’s. But a prizefighter emerged…
Marshall for The Hill: Trump’s slandering America as a chaotic hellscape only he can rule
03.08.2024
By Will Marshall Donald Trump fires up his MAGA legions by telling them Democrats hate America. Like his stolen election lie, it’s a textbook example of projection — charging his opponents with what he’s guilty of. If you don’t think Trump detests the nation he aspires to lead, you haven’t been listening. Speaking recently before a rapt…
