Approval ratings for the nation's governors are down across the board, but Elaine Kamarck notes that those with the largest losses are Republicans who have opposed public safety measures such as masking and mandatory vaccines to limit the impacts of COVID-19.
Gabriel Sanchez joins the Brookings Cafeteria podcast to discuss the devastating impact of COVID-19 on Latino families, why vaccination rates are so high in Native American communities, and why immigration policy remains such an important issue as we head into the midterm elections.
Facebook has faced repeated criticism, lawsuits, and controversies over the potential for discrimination on its ad platform. A new report from Jinyan Zang outlines how regulators and advocacy groups can address this issue by enforcing and demanding greater ad targeting transparency, more algorithmic bias auditing, and a “fairness through awareness” approach by Facebook and its advertisers.
Virginia race looms as dark cloud over Biden's agenda. Darrell West spoke to The Hill about what’s at stake for both Democrats and Republicans as November’s gubernatorial election nears.
Are the U.S. and Europe breaking up? In the Wall Street Journal, William Galston warns that the United States and Europe cannot stand shoulder to shoulder unless they agree on the threats that democracies now confront, "But in too many areas, they don’t."
Are the Jan. 6 plea deals too lenient? Around a hundred people have already pleaded guilty to crimes in connection with the Jan. 6 attempted insurrection on the Capitol. What should we make of the plea deals thus far? UNC law professor Carissa Byrne Hessick joins Lawfare Live to discuss.
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