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In a new series challenging Trump's tariffs, we argue that the President's trade policy is illegally justified, based upon reckless ignorance, and will cause significant harm to the US economy. Congress must step up and rescind them this fall.
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The global system created by Presidents FDR and Truman has done more to create opportunity, reduce poverty and advance democracy than perhaps any other policies in history.
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The more the world moves away from the simplicity of the Reagan moment the more angry and defiant the Republican offering is becoming.
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Michael Scherer of Time reports on the influence Dr. Rob Shapiro's analysis has had on shaping recent thinking about how the American economy is changing.
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Simon offers the idea of creating a new government department focused solely on job creation and skill acquisition.
Features
Rob explains the potential consequences of Commerce Secretary Ross's decision to "reinstate" a question on citizenship status.
In his new column, Simon argues that Trump’s separation of kids at the border is the result of a political crisis for his administration,...
In a new op-ed, Simon looks at the sophisticated Russian attacks on our elections and makes recommendations for what Congress and the Administration...
Please join us Wednesday, September 19th at noon here in Washington, DC for the next public showing of Simon's new deck. If...
Recent Work
Trump’s trade war uses the false pretense of “national security” to sidestep the checks and balances of the legislative branch. Independent of their ideological position on trade, Congress must stand up to this creeping authoritarianism.
Simon argues that Trump has been unable to fulfill the most basic of Presidential duties: keeping Americans and our democracy safe.
In a new op-ed, Simon asks whether middle class Americans are better off under Trump. Data suggests that they are not.
Recent Pew polls show Democratic voters are overwhelmingly supportive of free trade. Simon takes a look at what this means for the Party.
In a new column, Simon says Congress must begin debating Trump’s sustained effort to undermine the post WWII order.
There is a growing body of evidence Trumpism is hurting the GOP brand in the border region. Big implications for 2018, 2020 too.
Some recent data from Pew Research suggests pace of erosion of TV, rise of digital is picking up, and 2018 likely to be first election more folks get their news online than from TV. Big implications for US politics.
The new economics of jobs is bad news for working class Americans - and maybe even Trump.
