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A political/economics blog written from a progressive point of view.
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Eight Charts Painting A Disturbing Picture Of The U.S.
These disturbing charts are from the report titled The State Of America's Children 2021 by The Children's Defense Fund. They are just a few of many charts... Read more
Posted on 23 May 2021 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Public: Justice System Not Fair & Police Killing Not Improved
The charts above are from a recent Axios / Ipsos Poll -- done between April 28th and May 4th of a national sample of 1,875 adults, with a 2.8 point margin of... Read more
Posted on 23 May 2021 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
More Democrats Are Now Supporting Palestinian Rights
One of the biggest stumbling blocks to solving the Israeli-Palestinian crisis has been the overwhelming support for Israel (no matter what they do) among the... Read more
Posted on 23 May 2021 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
George Floyd's Death Increased Awareness Of Racism In U.S.
The chart above is from a Gallup Poll -- done between May 3rd and 18th of a national sample of 1,016 adults, with a 4 point margin of error.It shows that the... Read more
Posted on 22 May 2021 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
UFO's Are Real - But That's Not Proof Of Alien Spacecraft
Appearing on The Late Late Show a few days ago, Barack Obama said: In addition,"What is true, and I'm actually being serious here, is that there are, there's... Read more
Posted on 22 May 2021 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Reich Exposes Loophole Letting The Super-Rich Avoid Taxes
Most of the American public knows that the corporations and the rich (especially the super-rich) use tax loopholes to avoid paying their fair share of taxes, an... Read more
Posted on 22 May 2021 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Republicans May Like Trump - But Most Americans Don't
The charts above reflect the results of the new Yahoo News / YouGov Poll -- done between May 11th and 13th of a national sample of 1,561 adults, with about a 2.... Read more
Posted on 21 May 2021 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Another 444,000 Workers Filed For Unemployment Last Week
The Labor Department released its weekly unemployment statistics on Thursday. It showed that another 444,000 workers filed for unemployment benefits in the... Read more
Posted on 21 May 2021 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Trying To Negotiate With Congressional GOP Is Pointless
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy demanded that Democrats give in to Republican wishes regarding the proposed January 6th Investigation Committee. Democrats... Read more
Posted on 21 May 2021 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Outlook Is Not Good For Committee To Investigate Jan 6th
A few days ago, I wrote that the January 6th Investigation Committee had a fatal flaw. The flaw was that the committee was made up of five Democrats and five... Read more
Posted on 20 May 2021 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Party Leaders - Dems Viewed More Favorably Than GOP
The chart above reflects the results of a new Economist / YouGov Poll -- done between May 15th and 18th of a national sample of 1,239 registered voters, with a ... Read more
Posted on 20 May 2021 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Is This The Court Case That Overturns Roe v. Wade?
The Supreme Court has agreed to hear Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization. This case concerns a Mississippi law that would virtually ban abortions in... Read more
Posted on 20 May 2021 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Biden's Job Approval Is 11.1 Points Higher Than Disapproval
The chart above is from RealClearPolitics. It shows the seven most recent polls taken about President Biden's job approval. An average of the seven polls has hi... Read more
Posted on 19 May 2021 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Anti-Vaxxers Say Vaccine Could Cause Infertility/Alter DNA
This chart is from the Economist / YouGov Poll - done between May 8th and 11th of 1,500 adults nationwide, with a 2.7 point margin of error.The charts shows... Read more
Posted on 19 May 2021 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
U.S. Police Don't Get Enough Or Right Kind Of Training
Police in the United States kill about 1,000 people every year -- and about 10% (or about 100) of those killed are unarmed. And they kill minorities... Read more
Posted on 19 May 2021 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Who The Democrats/Republicans Look To As Role Models
The charts above reflect the results of the recent Reuters / Ipsos Poll -- done between May 7th and 10th of a national sample of 1,005 adults. The margin of... Read more
Posted on 18 May 2021 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
CBS Poll Shows Republicans Still Disconnected From Reality
These charts are from the new CBS News / YouGov Poll -- done between May 12th and 14th of a national sample of 951 Republicans, with a 3.5 point margin of error. Read more
Posted on 18 May 2021 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Is The War Just To Keep Netanyahu And Hamas In Power?
Both Netanyahu and Hamas will tell you they are waging this war to protect their own citizens. But is that the truth? The war will likely insure that both... Read more
Posted on 18 May 2021 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Sen. Manchin Is Liked By More Republicans Than Democrats
Senator Joe Manchin of West Virginia is a Democrat, or at least he was elected after running for office on the Democratic ticket. But he has recently been a... Read more
Posted on 17 May 2021 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Federal Charges In The Attack On The Capitol
This chart is from The Washington Post. Read more
Posted on 17 May 2021 POLITICS, SOCIETY
