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To the dismay of many in his party, he is reviving a pre-Thatcherite Toryism that could soon dominate English politics, says Guardian associate editor Julian Coman
3 Jun 2021 About 100 academics from left-wing institutions like Harvard and Boston College have issued a “statement of concern” on Tuesday about how Republican-controlled state legislatures around the country drafting and passing election integrity laws are a threat to American democracy. The lengthy statement claimed that the reforms are part of a broader effort in response to “unproven and intentionally destructive allegations of a stolen election” in 2020: Specifically, we have watched with deep concern as Republican-led state legislatures across the country have in recent months p...
Statement of Concern Statement June 1, 2021 We, the undersigned, are scholars of democracy who have watched the recent deterioration of U.S. elections and liberal democracy with growing alarm. Specifically, we have watched with deep concern as Republican-led state legislatures across the country have in recent months proposed or implemented what we consider radical changes to core electoral procedures in response to unproven and intentionally destructive allegations of a stolen election. Collectively, these initiatives are transforming several states into political systems that no longer ...
This article will be released in full online June 7, 2021. In order to understand what is happening in the United States, in the aftermath of the presidential…
Boston Fed and CT community foundations fight for inclusive recovery Yehyun Kim :: ctmirror.org Dr. Michael Wolter remotely runs a Professional Skills Academy at Goodwin University in East Hartford. “You want to find a mentor at a workplace,” Dr. Wolter said. The workshop is a 4-week program. Before the COVID-19 pandemic turned the world upside down, cities in Connecticut and across the country were coming back, but unevenly. Typically, downtowns were prospering, but some impoverished neighborhoods, usually home to communities of color, still struggled. The pandemic, as has been widelyrep...