Democracy can be exhausting and frustrating, especially representative democracy, which takes the immediate responsibility of ruling out of the hands of ordinary citizens and puts it in the hands of representatives, who govern from far away. Nothing seems to get done. All you hear about is ...
Remember when the rent was too damn high? Today, America’s politicians are too damn old. President Joe Biden’s greatest (unintended) legacy may be getting America’s political system to confront the problem. When news broke on Sunday about Biden’s diagnosis of prostate cancer with ...
The United States and Israel have one of the most durable trade relationships in the world. The United States-Israel Free Trade Agreement, established in 1985, was the first free trade agreement entered into by the United States and generates billions of dollars in Israeli investment in the ...
Hispanic representation in Congress has never been higher. According to the Pew Research Center, 53 Hispanics serve in the House of Representatives, and seven are in the Senate, including recently elected Ruben Gallego of Arizona and Bernie Moreno of Ohio. In January, the Senate voted to ...
Our planet is facing an unprecedented biodiversity crisis. In the last 50 years, the Earth has lost 73 percent of its wildlife populations. Species that once roamed in abundance now edge toward extinction due to threats like habitat loss, climate change and poaching — a crisis threatening ...
In light of the rapidly shifting landscape for global trade, it’s imperative to recognize the critical but often overlooked backbone of the country’s infrastructure and its dependence upon market access: the recycled materials industry. Each year, 30 percent of domestically recycled ...
