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CAMBRIDGE  —  While there are no ironclad laws of politics, two tendencies in the United States, midterm swings against the incumbent party (the “midterm blues”) and the negative electoral effects of inflation and unemployment (“political business cycles”), come pretty close. US President Joe Biden, whose approval rating has sunk for the past year, and the Democrats should not

CAMBRIDGE  —  While there are no ironclad laws of politics, two tendencies in the United States, midterm swings against the incumbent party (the “midterm blues”) and the negative electoral effects of inflation and unemployment (“political business cycles”), come pretty close. US President Joe Biden, whose approval rating has sunk for the past year, and the Democrats should not

Project Syndicate (PS): Last July, you wrote that economists and investors were right to be apprehensive about deficit spending, public debt, and the risk of sustained price growth, but “it would be a mistake to respond to these concerns by pumping the brakes on the economy.” US inflation has now reached its highest level in decades, and the US Federal Reserve (Fed) is taking

As the manifestos get unveiled in the coming days, Kenyans need to scrutinise them on whether they answer to the people’s needs

From the blog of Carolina Rodríguez Hernández at The Times of Israel

From Institute-wide efforts to address the climate crisis to responding to Covid-19, members of the MIT community made headlines this year for their

BOSTON — The squabbling that has erupted within the US Democratic Party following its loss in the recent Virginia gubernatorial election has convinced many observers that the Republicans will handily retake the House of Representatives next year. In fact, it is the right whose future is most uncertain — a problem for which we are all paying the price.

BOSTON — The squabbling that has erupted within the US Democratic Party following its loss in the recent Virginia gubernatorial election has convinced many observers that the Republicans will handily retake the House of Representatives next year. In fact, it is the right whose future is most uncertain — a problem for which we are all paying the price.

When it is all said and done, the Summit for Democracy may not define the destination to everyone’s satisfaction, but it can help put the global democracy movement back on the right track.

Moving from being a beauty vlogger to making relevant socio-political content may seem too big a leap to others, but Janina Vela is living proof that, well, why not? It’s totally possible!