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• Unemployment Rate Remained Steady At 3.5% For December

  

  The Labor Department released its statistics for the month of December. About 145,000 new jobs were created in the month. That was not quite enough to cover... Read more

  Posted on 11 January 2020 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Celebrate The Suffragette Heroes In This Centennial Year

  

  (This photo, found at truthout.org, is of a Suffragette Parade In Now York City on May 4, 1912.) When our nation was founded in 1787, only men with property wer... Read more

  Posted on 11 January 2020 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Biden, Warren, & Sanders Still Leading The Democratic Field

  

  The charts above reflect the results of the latest Economist / YouGov Poll -- done between January 5th and 7th of 578 registered voters nationwide who say they... Read more

  Posted on 10 January 2020 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Public Doesn't Believe Soleimani Killing Made U.S. Safer

  

  This chart is from the new USA Today / Ipsos Poll -- done on January 7th and 8th of a national sample of 1,005 adults, with a 3.5 point margin of error. Read more

  Posted on 10 January 2020 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Low Unemployment Doesn't Tell The Whole Story About Jobs

  

  Donald Trump loves to brag about how low the unemployment rate is in the United States. He would have you believe that means the country's economy is in great... Read more

  Posted on 10 January 2020 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Trump / Iran Back Away From War - But The Danger Persists

  

  The world is breathing a sigh of relief right now. After coming to the brink of war, both Iran and Donald Trump have backed off. Read more

  Posted on 09 January 2020 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Few In The World Have Confidence In Donald Trump

  

  These charts are from the Pew Research Center. They show the results of their 2019 survey of many nations. Note that most countries in the world have very littl... Read more

  Posted on 09 January 2020 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Robert Reich On Why Millennials Aren't Doing As Well

  

  I'm a Baby Boomer. I think my generation was a lucky one. We were born and raised at a time when the nation was doing well -- and offered us opportunities that... Read more

  Posted on 09 January 2020 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• New Poll Has Sanders And Biden Leading In New Mexico

  

  The chart above is from the Emerson College Poll -- done between January 3rd and 6th of 447 Democratic primary voters in New Mexico, with a 4.6 point margin of... Read more

  Posted on 08 January 2020 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The Latest Democratic Polls From Morning Consult

  

  These charts are from the Morning Consult Poll. The poll was done between December 30th and January 5th. The national poll was done by questioning 17,230... Read more

  Posted on 08 January 2020 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• An Open Letter To Disgusted (And Silent) Republicans

  

  (The image of the GOP elephant at right was found at New Labor Forum.) For many months now, we have been hearing that many of the Republicans in Congress are... Read more

  Posted on 08 January 2020 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Bolton's Offer To Testify Puts Pressure On McConnell

  

  (This caricature of John Bolton is by DonkeyHotey.) Former National Security Advisor John Bolton had refused to testify before the House Judiciary Committee.... Read more

  Posted on 07 January 2020 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Castro Drops Out Of Race And Endorses Warren

  

  About five days ago, Julian Castro dropped out of the race for the Democratic presidential nomination. His campaign was just unable to get enough support or... Read more

  Posted on 07 January 2020 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• New CBS News Poll For Democrats In Iowa/N. Hampshire

  

  These charts are from a new CBS News / YouGov Poll in the early voting states of Iowa and New Hampshire. The polls were done between December 27th and January... Read more

  Posted on 07 January 2020 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Trump's Threat Is A Violation Of Law And Common Decency

  

  Before he was elected, Donald Trump claimed to be a great negotiator. He lied. He has only one negotiating tactic -- threats. And he still hasn't learned that... Read more

  Posted on 07 January 2020 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The Effect Of GOP Economic Policy Is Inequality

  

  I have discussed many times on this blog about the failure and unfairness of Republican economic policies. This chart (from The Intellectualist) vividly... Read more

  Posted on 06 January 2020 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Are Wind Turbines Huge Bird Killers?

  

  Donald Trump doesn't like wind turbines (that produce clean renewable energy). He wants his buddies in the fossil fuel industry to keep making huge profits. Read more

  Posted on 06 January 2020 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Forgiving Student Debt Would Be Huge Boost To Economy

  

  Student debt has ballooned in the last decade, and now surpasses both auto loan and credit card debt (see the chart above). This is because college costs have... Read more

  Posted on 06 January 2020 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• A Pathetic Portrait Of 2024 GOP Hopefuls

  

  The chart above is from a SurveyMonkey Poll. It was done between December 14th and 17th of a national sample of 1,854 Republican voters, and has a 2.5 point... Read more

  Posted on 05 January 2020 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Manufacturing In U.S. Is Contracting - Not Expanding

  

  The Trump administration has accomplished only two things economically. They started a trade war with China (and some of our allies), and they gave... Read more

  Posted on 05 January 2020 POLITICS, SOCIETY