The Inflation Reduction Act includes probably the only significant tax increases the Democrats will push through Congress during President Biden’s first and perhaps only four-year term. The bill’s likely passage is a political triumph for Biden, for which all Democrats should feel grateful. But why, oh why, must this be so difficult?
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Running an American election is complicated work. Ballots are cast in tens of thousands of precincts, counted in thousands of county offices, and certified by each of the 50 states. In 2016, the last presidential election held before the Covid-19 pandemic, there were more than 116,000 polling places and early voting sites scattered throughout the country. Roughly 917,000 Americans served as poll workers that year, forming an army roughly two and a half times larger than the Allied forces that... Читать дальше...
My first job out of college was as a cashier selling snacks and magazines at a Chicago airport. My coworkers and I—about two hundred of us, mostly African Americans and Filipino immigrants—made long commutes from all over the city, earning less than nine dollars an hour and constant disrespect from our bosses. Our general manager, a man I’ll call Richard, was known for scrutinizing workers’ uniforms as we punched in to find minor infractions, or sneaking up on us at the register to catch us texting when no customers were around... Читать дальше...
If the recent hearings by the House Select committee investigating the January 6 attack on the Capitol have taught viewers anything, it is that the foundations of American democracy are more precarious than anyone previously believed.
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