Steven Waldman
Steven Waldman is chair of the Rebuild Local News Coalition, cofounder of Report for America, and a contributing editor at the Washington Monthly.
Congress Should Stop Russ Vought’s Latest Power Grab
Trump’s OMB director wants to politicize federal grantmaking in the name of greater “accountability.” His plan will instead undercut Congress, kneecap agencies, erode innovation, weaken U.S. competitiveness, and waste taxpayer dollars.
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One Internal Pollster Saw the Primary Results Coming
Candidate-backed surveys have helped warp perceptions of Democratic primaries. Public Policy Polling’s numbers, however, have repeatedly tracked the actual results.
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Hey Industry, Stop Sponging Off, and Start Contributing to, the Colleges That Train Your Employees
Example: we have a nursing shortage because of health care sector freeloading.
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Internal Polls Flopped in Michigan and Hawaii. How Will They Do in Minnesota and Wisconsin?
Pollsters affiliated with Abdul El-Sayed’s campaign wrongly projected a landslide victory. Now internals from Peggy Flanagan and David Crowley face an acid test.
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The Case for Lesser-Known Colleges
The premium on prestigious colleges is wildly overrated. I should know.
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Burning the Past to Build the Future
AI companies are cutting apart old books for the human writing their technology is making increasingly hard to find.
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What is Political Courage?
It’s more complicated than just bucking one’s party or president. What I learned from Representatives Peter Meijer, Tom Suozzi, Don Bacon, and Jamie Raskin.
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