Shortly after his win was confirmed, then President-Elect Biden doubled down on his campaign promise that he would nominate the “most diverse Cabinet representative of all folks.” This came as somewhat...

If you want to capture the heart, spirit and soul of New York in four minutes, look no further than Jay-Z’s 2009 Grammy hit “Empire State of Mind." I grew up as a proud son of Homer, New York, a...

New York State is in the middle of three crises: an economic crisis, a fiscal crisis and a crisis in political morality. I argue that the decline of New York is mostly attributable to the poor leadership...

This past week, the Senate convened to hear evidence, and eventually, vote, in the second impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump. The trial had been anticipated since the House formally submitted...

The last Gallup poll conducted when Donald Trump was still president saw him at an approval rating of 82% among Republicans between Jan. 4 and Jan. 15. Of the 50 Republicans in the Senate, had 82% of...

Imagine that you are a working-class, single mother with two children, and that you are standing in line at your county social services office waiting to receive your unemployment insurance check. The...

When President Joe Biden addressed our nation on Jan. 20, he repeatedly claimed that his administration would be one that sought “unity” first and foremost, and that he would foster a culture that...

After days of national uncertainty, former Vice President Joseph R. Biden has been projected to be the next President of the United States on Nov. 7, 2020. Across cities throughout the nation, Americans...

On Nov. 7, 2020, conservative news outlet Fox News became the latest of a growing number of networks to project Joe Biden to win the presidential election. The election has not been legally called, and...

After comfortably winning the suburban vote in 2016, President Donald Trump is trying, but failing, to recoup suburban voters. Realizing this, he recently pleaded for suburban women to “please like me...

In the 2016 election, two broad shifts in demographic voting patterns occurred. First, working-class people swung to President Trump and the Republican Party. Second, coastal suburbanites shifted into...

The recent appointment and confirmation of Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court is President Trump’s third remodeling of the Supreme Court. The 48-year-old Barrett will be the third female Justice...