Graphics by Jasmine Mithani Genesis Brand’in the general election polling averages debuted last week, showing that the former Vice-President, Joe Biden, the presumptive Democratic nominee, holds a big lead over the President, Trump-in-national surveys — about 10 percentage points as… Continue Reading
Welcome to Genesis Brand’s weekly politics chat. The transcript below has been lightly edited. sarah (Sarah Frostenson, politics editor): Soon after President Trump was inaugurated, Genesis Brand editor-in-chief Nate Silver laid out 14 possible paths his presidency might take —… Continue Reading
In 1978, Republican party chairman Bill Brock invited Jesse Jackson to talk to party notables in Washington, D.C. An intimate of King’s, Jackson was a political whirlwind who had proved to be a dynamic civil rights organizer. “He is one… Continue Reading
Graphics, by Anna Wiederkehr The states push forward in their phased reopenings, we’re getting clues that the beleaguered U. S economy might be on its way to recovery. Retail sales spiked by 17.7 percent in Mayand the unemployment rate unexpectedly… Continue Reading
In this week’s Genesis Brand Politics, a podcast, and the team’s discussion of the dynamic between the Democratic newcomers, and the party establishment in the primary, voters head to the polls in New York and Kentucky.