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BREAKING: Colorado voters approved a ballot measure that would raise state income taxes on higher-earning households to fund free meals for all public school students.
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Live updates: US voters head to the polls in first general election since Trump's return to power
One year after Donald Trump retook the presidency, 2025 Election Day includes closely watched races for New York City mayor, New Jersey governor and California's Proposition 50.
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November 5, 2025 at 3:33 AM
BREAKING: Colorado voters approved a ballot measure that would raise state income taxes on higher-earning households to fund free meals for all public school students.
Follow AP for live updates.
Follow AP for live updates.
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Fully repealing the two-child limit is by far the best way to ensure fewer children are growing up in poverty.
Half measures have been mooted, but our modelling reveals that they would all still lead to an increase in child poverty by the end of the decade.
Learn more ⤵️ buff.ly/qVc9CWs
Half measures have been mooted, but our modelling reveals that they would all still lead to an increase in child poverty by the end of the decade.
Learn more ⤵️ buff.ly/qVc9CWs
October 30, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Fully repealing the two-child limit is by far the best way to ensure fewer children are growing up in poverty.
Half measures have been mooted, but our modelling reveals that they would all still lead to an increase in child poverty by the end of the decade.
Learn more ⤵️ buff.ly/qVc9CWs
Half measures have been mooted, but our modelling reveals that they would all still lead to an increase in child poverty by the end of the decade.
Learn more ⤵️ buff.ly/qVc9CWs
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Louise Murphy starts her presentation by noting that the number of young people not in education, employment or training (NEET) has risen by 195,000 over the past two years to reach 940,000.
It is on track to hit one million for the first time since the aftermath of the financial crisis.
It is on track to hit one million for the first time since the aftermath of the financial crisis.
October 21, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Louise Murphy starts her presentation by noting that the number of young people not in education, employment or training (NEET) has risen by 195,000 over the past two years to reach 940,000.
It is on track to hit one million for the first time since the aftermath of the financial crisis.
It is on track to hit one million for the first time since the aftermath of the financial crisis.
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The costs of the UK’s Global Talent Visa looks a trifle high in comparison to competitor countries - largely through the Immigration Health Surcharge (which critics say is a form of double taxation as they contribute to the NHS through normal tax on their earnings)
October 21, 2025 at 5:57 AM
The costs of the UK’s Global Talent Visa looks a trifle high in comparison to competitor countries - largely through the Immigration Health Surcharge (which critics say is a form of double taxation as they contribute to the NHS through normal tax on their earnings)
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Apropos of nothing, I really do think UK journalists and politicians need some reminding that mass deportation of LEGAL immigrants, particularly those with permanent status, is far more extreme than even Trump's America and would basically place Britain completely on its own among democracies.
October 19, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Apropos of nothing, I really do think UK journalists and politicians need some reminding that mass deportation of LEGAL immigrants, particularly those with permanent status, is far more extreme than even Trump's America and would basically place Britain completely on its own among democracies.
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Last month I went to Global Progress Action, where I found the global centre left less moribund than its UK equivalent, and wrote about it for @lrb.co.uk.
www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/oc...
www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/oc...
Morgan Jones | Starmer mixes it up
Global Progress Action was in London at the end of last month, filling Methodist Central Hall with politicians and think...
www.lrb.co.uk
October 17, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Last month I went to Global Progress Action, where I found the global centre left less moribund than its UK equivalent, and wrote about it for @lrb.co.uk.
www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/oc...
www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/oc...
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"Since the wealthiest 10 per cent of the population own 85 per cent of US stocks, they enjoy the largest wealth effect when they go up... the latest data shows America’s consumer economy rests largely on ...[the spending of the] top 10 per cent" #AI #irrationalexuberance www.ft.com/content/6cc8...
October 12, 2025 at 5:32 PM
"Since the wealthiest 10 per cent of the population own 85 per cent of US stocks, they enjoy the largest wealth effect when they go up... the latest data shows America’s consumer economy rests largely on ...[the spending of the] top 10 per cent" #AI #irrationalexuberance www.ft.com/content/6cc8...
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JUST IN: The Republican Mayor of Fairbanks, Alaska’s second biggest city, lost re-election last night to a Democrat.
Mayor David Pruhs is a conservative who fought protections for LGBTQ+ residents; he made comments this year drew condemnation this year from Alaska Natives. He lost to Mindy O'Neall.
Mayor David Pruhs is a conservative who fought protections for LGBTQ+ residents; he made comments this year drew condemnation this year from Alaska Natives. He lost to Mindy O'Neall.
October 8, 2025 at 1:10 PM
JUST IN: The Republican Mayor of Fairbanks, Alaska’s second biggest city, lost re-election last night to a Democrat.
Mayor David Pruhs is a conservative who fought protections for LGBTQ+ residents; he made comments this year drew condemnation this year from Alaska Natives. He lost to Mindy O'Neall.
Mayor David Pruhs is a conservative who fought protections for LGBTQ+ residents; he made comments this year drew condemnation this year from Alaska Natives. He lost to Mindy O'Neall.
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One of the more incredible stories out of LA this year has been how a taco review blog became the best on-the-ground coverage of ICE raids in the city.
They do a dispatch every day, follow-up on the kidnapped people (which almost no media outlet has done), and fact-check government claims.
They do a dispatch every day, follow-up on the kidnapped people (which almost no media outlet has done), and fact-check government claims.
@lataco.bsky.social first began as a blog documenting local Mexican cuisine. Now, it’s an essential reporting powerhouse to the city as Trump’s mass deportation plot unfolds.
Check out the latest from our friends at Reveal: tinyurl.com/4cm2bsdr
Check out the latest from our friends at Reveal: tinyurl.com/4cm2bsdr
October 7, 2025 at 4:03 AM
One of the more incredible stories out of LA this year has been how a taco review blog became the best on-the-ground coverage of ICE raids in the city.
They do a dispatch every day, follow-up on the kidnapped people (which almost no media outlet has done), and fact-check government claims.
They do a dispatch every day, follow-up on the kidnapped people (which almost no media outlet has done), and fact-check government claims.
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Any Oxford students following me! A chance to win a prize for your college and my eternal gratitude for getting involved with our experimental social science lab.
October 6, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Any Oxford students following me! A chance to win a prize for your college and my eternal gratitude for getting involved with our experimental social science lab.
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Excellent thread by @abenewman.bsky.social . This particular point shows the dark side of Keck and Sikkink’s boomerang theory: transnational networks of democratic subversion. Coming soon to a polarized democracy near you!
6/It is not just US government and the Valley that has shifted. Third parties -- the Bolsonaros/Farages of the world. They see that they can plead their case in DC and get pressure on their home governments. US coercion deployed to remake home information spaces.
legrandcontinent.eu/fr/2025/09/2...
legrandcontinent.eu/fr/2025/09/2...
«Enshittification» : la nouvelle doctrine de l'Empire américain | Le Grand Continent
Le plan de l’administration Trump pour faire du reste du monde un vassal d’extrême droite — et les moyens pour le déjouer. Une pièce de doctrine signée Henry Farrell et Abraham Newman.
legrandcontinent.eu
October 5, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Excellent thread by @abenewman.bsky.social . This particular point shows the dark side of Keck and Sikkink’s boomerang theory: transnational networks of democratic subversion. Coming soon to a polarized democracy near you!
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Relative child poverty has remained stubbornly high over the last twenty years and has risen over the past decade.
Without action, levels will soon break records.
Scrapping the two-child limit in full would be the most targeted and cost-effective way of reducing child poverty.
Without action, levels will soon break records.
Scrapping the two-child limit in full would be the most targeted and cost-effective way of reducing child poverty.
October 2, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Relative child poverty has remained stubbornly high over the last twenty years and has risen over the past decade.
Without action, levels will soon break records.
Scrapping the two-child limit in full would be the most targeted and cost-effective way of reducing child poverty.
Without action, levels will soon break records.
Scrapping the two-child limit in full would be the most targeted and cost-effective way of reducing child poverty.
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In addition, I think also: politics is about argument! When I say 'the free movement of services, goods, capital and people is good for growth', I am not saying it because it is popular, but because it is true. It is in fact racist to say that mixed-race people should be deported!
The idea that "the median voter will feel attacked" by challenging Reform over racism is certainly not shown by the data in this piece. It shows they may be indifferent. (It may mean a different important swing voter, who isn't the median voter)
Crying racism only hurts Labour
Activists like it, but the median voter will feel attacked.
📊 @bwalker.uk
Activists like it, but the median voter will feel attacked.
📊 @bwalker.uk
October 1, 2025 at 6:43 PM
In addition, I think also: politics is about argument! When I say 'the free movement of services, goods, capital and people is good for growth', I am not saying it because it is popular, but because it is true. It is in fact racist to say that mixed-race people should be deported!
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Happy to publish today in the @ejprjournal.bsky.social
Pop culture (think Netflix's Sex Education) make us think that emerging cohorts are happy to socially incorporate partners with sexually modern backgrounds and experiences 🏳️🌈
But is this really the case?
doi.org/10.1017/S147...
Pop culture (think Netflix's Sex Education) make us think that emerging cohorts are happy to socially incorporate partners with sexually modern backgrounds and experiences 🏳️🌈
But is this really the case?
doi.org/10.1017/S147...
Allies on the streets but illiberal in the sheets? Gender and the public vs. private inclusion of sexual minorities | European Journal of Political Research | Cambridge Core
Allies on the streets but illiberal in the sheets? Gender and the public vs. private inclusion of sexual minorities
doi.org
October 1, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Happy to publish today in the @ejprjournal.bsky.social
Pop culture (think Netflix's Sex Education) make us think that emerging cohorts are happy to socially incorporate partners with sexually modern backgrounds and experiences 🏳️🌈
But is this really the case?
doi.org/10.1017/S147...
Pop culture (think Netflix's Sex Education) make us think that emerging cohorts are happy to socially incorporate partners with sexually modern backgrounds and experiences 🏳️🌈
But is this really the case?
doi.org/10.1017/S147...
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Relative child poverty has remained stubbornly high over the last twenty years and has risen over the past decade.
Without action, levels will soon break records.
Scrapping the two-child limit in full would be the most targeted and cost-effective way of reducing child poverty.
Without action, levels will soon break records.
Scrapping the two-child limit in full would be the most targeted and cost-effective way of reducing child poverty.
October 1, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Relative child poverty has remained stubbornly high over the last twenty years and has risen over the past decade.
Without action, levels will soon break records.
Scrapping the two-child limit in full would be the most targeted and cost-effective way of reducing child poverty.
Without action, levels will soon break records.
Scrapping the two-child limit in full would be the most targeted and cost-effective way of reducing child poverty.
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Enough of the BS. It's not a 'crackdown' on academia. You 'crackdown' on criminals and villains. It's a wild assault and a desperate power grab. And that shouldn't be hard to say, regardless of ideological preferences.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/25/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/25/o...
Opinion | The Grand Strategy Behind Trump’s Crackdown on Academia
www.nytimes.com
September 26, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Enough of the BS. It's not a 'crackdown' on academia. You 'crackdown' on criminals and villains. It's a wild assault and a desperate power grab. And that shouldn't be hard to say, regardless of ideological preferences.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/25/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/25/o...
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I just…
In a meeting that devolved into confusion and near chaos, federal advisers on Thursday voted 8 to 3 against vaccinating children under four years old with a combination shot that protects against measles, mumps, rubella and chickenpox.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/18/h...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/18/h...
Kennedy’s Advisory Panel Votes to Limit M.M.R.V. Vaccine for Children Under 4
www.nytimes.com
September 19, 2025 at 1:33 AM
I just…
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I cannot think of a democracy anywhere in the world where this sort of thing could happen. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/17/b...
ABC Pulls Jimmy Kimmel Off Air for Charlie Kirk Comments After F.C.C. Pressure
www.nytimes.com
September 18, 2025 at 4:45 AM
I cannot think of a democracy anywhere in the world where this sort of thing could happen. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/17/b...
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Fancy half an hour of me coming up with increasingly obscure ways of noting that Keir Starmer is not gifted with charisma? Listen or watch below.
🎥: Labour is tanking in the polls. Could a populist U-turn be the answer? @benansell.bsky.social joins @ellenhalliday.bsky.social and @aloner.bsky.social on the Prospect Podcast to discuss:
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September 12, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Fancy half an hour of me coming up with increasingly obscure ways of noting that Keir Starmer is not gifted with charisma? Listen or watch below.
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Delighted to have the cover story this month on whether there is a left populist solution for Keir Starmer’s Labour. TLDR? Nah, it’s not too long - so read it…
Our latest issue has just hit newsstands! Here’s a peek at what’s inside... 🧵
In our cover essay, @benansell.bsky.social surveys the resurgence of left populism, from Zohran Mamdani to Zarah Sultana. Should Keir Starmer take notes?
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/709...
In our cover essay, @benansell.bsky.social surveys the resurgence of left populism, from Zohran Mamdani to Zarah Sultana. Should Keir Starmer take notes?
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/709...
September 3, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Delighted to have the cover story this month on whether there is a left populist solution for Keir Starmer’s Labour. TLDR? Nah, it’s not too long - so read it…
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❗Among their electoral potential, social democratic parties face very few strategic dilemmas. Left-progressive appeals resonate most strongly.
New study in @worldpolitics.bsky.social
with @tabouchadi.bsky.social , @indubioproreto.bsky.social, Nadja Mosimann, and @markuswagner.bsky.social
Thread👇
New study in @worldpolitics.bsky.social
with @tabouchadi.bsky.social , @indubioproreto.bsky.social, Nadja Mosimann, and @markuswagner.bsky.social
Thread👇
New article out in World Politcs. We analyze how different groups react to varying programs of social democratic parties. We find less trade-offs than often assumed. Generally, more left-progressive programs increase support among social democratic potentials
muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/articl...
muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/articl...
July 7, 2025 at 12:52 PM
❗Among their electoral potential, social democratic parties face very few strategic dilemmas. Left-progressive appeals resonate most strongly.
New study in @worldpolitics.bsky.social
with @tabouchadi.bsky.social , @indubioproreto.bsky.social, Nadja Mosimann, and @markuswagner.bsky.social
Thread👇
New study in @worldpolitics.bsky.social
with @tabouchadi.bsky.social , @indubioproreto.bsky.social, Nadja Mosimann, and @markuswagner.bsky.social
Thread👇
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I’m sure everybody needed yet another ‘Labour One Year In’ piece ;) But how many others draw on Jon Elster and the problem of ‘byproducts’?
"Number 10 needs to remember that getting elected is a byproduct of doing a good job governing. If you aim directly at election victory you will never get there"
@benansell.bsky.social for @prospectmagazine.co.uk on Labour's first year in government
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/703...
@benansell.bsky.social for @prospectmagazine.co.uk on Labour's first year in government
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/703...
Labour has squandered its first year in government
Number 10 needs to remember that getting elected is a byproduct of doing a good job governing
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
July 4, 2025 at 9:06 AM
I’m sure everybody needed yet another ‘Labour One Year In’ piece ;) But how many others draw on Jon Elster and the problem of ‘byproducts’?