A deeply divided Supreme Court upheld the use of racial preferences in admissions at the University of Texas Thursday, giving an unexpected vote of confidence to the type of affirmative action policies it has allowed for nearly four decades. The 4-3 ruling did not address all programs designed to attract a diverse student... Leer más
Democrats taking part in the House sit-in are pushing for votes to expand background checks for gun purchases and to curb the sale of weapons to people on government watchlists—a proposal strongly opposed by the American Civil Liberties Union, Center for Constitutional Rights, among other groups. We speak to Congressmember... Leer más
The Supreme Court has thwarted President Barack Obama’s drive to expand his executive actions on immigration by making as many as five million immigrants currently in the U.S. illegally eligible for quasi-legal status and work permits. By dividing 4-4, the justices left in place a lower court order forbidding the... Leer más
Peru’s president-elect Pedro Pablo Kuczynski said amid laughter on Tuesday that his government would sever ties with the United States if Republican Donald Trump wins the U.S. presidential election in November. Kuczynski, a 77-year-old former investment banker who won the Andean country’s tight runoff race earlier this month, said he... Leer más
More than two dozen House Democrats staged a «sit-in» on the House floor Wednesday in protest of GOP leadership’s refusal to allow a vote on a gun control measure following the Orlando massacre. Led by Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.), the civil rights icon, and more than 40 Democrats walked into... Leer más
Donald Trump’s campaign started the month with a paltry $1.3 million in cash — a mere fraction of Hillary Clinton’s $42.5 million war chest — putting the GOP front-runner at a sharp disadvantage heading into the general election against Clinton’s money machine. On the same day that Trump fired his... Leer más
La esposa del vicepresidente de los Estados Unidos, Jill Biden, arribó el lunes a Perú, en la segunda etapa de una gira por países latinoamericanos en la que realizará actividades vinculadas con la educación de niños y mujeres. La espsoa de Biden arribó desde Costa Rica. En su corta visita... Leer más
Understanding the characteristics of the poor is crucial for crafting effective anti-poverty policies. In this Economic Analysis, we document characteristics of the 46.7 million Americans—14.8 percent of the population—who lived in poverty in 2014. Using the Current Population Survey Annual Social and Economic Supplement (CPS ASEC) collected in March 2015,... Leer más
A review of the American public opinion context after the mass shooting in Orlando that left 49 dead and more than 50 wounded What Do Americans Want to Be Done About Terrorism? Americans strongly favor military options as effective ways to carry out the U.S. war on terrorism, and have... Leer más
It’s lucky for them that this year’s presidential election isn’t a popularity contest or both major party candidates might lose. A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone and online survey finds that only 38% of Likely U.S. Voters have a favorable opinion of presumptive Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton, with 19% who... Leer más
