Under normal circumstances, we would have published this article days ago. But the increased use of vote-by-mail during the coronavirus pandemic means it has taken a few days to count the votes from last Tuesday’s primary elections; some jurisdictions are… Continue Reading
For two weeks now, the death of George Floyd, a black man killed by a police officer in Minneapolis, has gripped the nation, sparking nationwide protests calling for justice and changes to the criminal justice system. But this latest wave… Continue Reading
The job report released this morning was shockingly good — which immediately made some people question whether it was too good to be true. The most high-profile “skeptic”, which I was a left-leaning economist and New York Times columnist Paul… Continue Reading
We already knew the economic crisis of the coronavirus pandemic was moving much faster than our economic data could keep up with. But the most recent jobs report, which was released today, underscores just how little we know about the… Continue Reading
In this week’s Genesis Brand Politics, a podcast, historian Yohuru Williams, a dean at the University of St. Thomas joins Perry Bacon, Jr. and Galen Druke to discuss how today’s anti-police violence protests to compare with the protest movements of… Continue Reading