James Zogby* There was a flurry of news reporting last month after a newly elected Republican member of Congress was captured on video telling a crowd of supporters about her nervous elevator ride with a Muslim member of Congress. As her audience giggled in delight, she noted that there was …
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Digging deep into the discontent driving the white nationalist movement. James Zogby* In 1967, the Kerner Commission, created by President Lyndon Johnson to investigate the riots which engulfed American cities, concluded that “Our nation is moving towards two societies, one black, one white – separate and unequal.” In the past …
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This year’s presidential election in the United States is as much about the future of democracy in America as anything else. James Zogby As I sit to write this piece four days after the election, Joe Biden is leading in enough states to make it clear that he will win …
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‘White working-class men’ are seen as the hard core of Trump’s support, yet a big group of working-class voters—black, brown and white—are persuadable. Karen Nussbaum* ‘Voters have made up their minds,’ reads one recent headline. ‘Blue collar men … are the core of Trump’s base of support, and their enthusiasm has …
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A new book turns away from the ‘demand side’ focus of much populism analysis to the ‘supply’ of a plutocratic, ever-more right-wing Republican party. Sheri Berman In November the United States will hold its most critical election in generations. The presidency of Donald Trump has revealed and intensified deep problems in American …
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James Zogby* I’ve been engaged in Democratic Party platform debates for over three decades and I am amazed at how the party consistently gets the section on Israel/Palestine wrong. Wrong because the positions expressed are out of touch with political realities on the ground. And wrong because the language they …
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Ahram Online Fifty-eight floors above Manhattan, President Donald Trump watched his legacy change and his political future grow more uncertain. The president, back in his hometown of New York for the U.N. General Assembly, was taking “executive time” at his Trump Tower penthouse late Tuesday afternoon when Speaker Nancy …
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James Zogby reflects on events in 1988 that underlined that perseverance is the best way to face down adversaries James Zogby Last week, after reading my column, “The Struggle to Advocate for Palestinians Has Never Been Easy,” a reader did a bit of research, found, and then sent me an …
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