Failing to extend the payroll tax cut would be a grave mistake on conservatives’ part, writes Ruy Teixeira.
Ruy Teixeira explains why conservatives’ obsessive drive to dismantle the Affordable Care Act is unlikely to generate high levels of public support.
Ruy Teixeira shows that the economic doldrums of the last few years haven’t affected the youth generation’s progressive bent.
Pollsters are finding large majorities of the public support correcting disparities in our society, writes Ruy Teixeira.
The public is unwavering in its support for helping the 99 percent instead of the wealthy, notes Ruy Teixeira.
Ruy Teixeira finds the Occupy movement’s charges of economic inequality are shared by many Americans.
Ruy Teixeira finds the public in agreement with the movement in recent polling.
Ruy Teixeira finds strong public backing for the president’s jobs plan—particularly taxing millionaires to pay for it.
Polls show that Americans believe immigration strengthens our society and support creating a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants already in the country, writes Ruy Teixeira.
The public is hungry for the ideas the president is calling for in his American Jobs Act, says Ruy Teixeira.
The public shows a different approach to fighting terrorism than conservatives 10 years after that fateful day, writes Ruy Teixeira.
The public supported the ideas in President Obama’s jobs proposal before his speech last Thursday, writes Ruy Teixeira.
Ruy Teixeira parses recent public opinion polls to discern America’s mood about jobs versus cuts to government safety net programs.
The public still thinks President Bush deserves most of the blame for our current economic problems, and its view of the Tea Party is dropping, writes Ruy Teixeira.
The public wishes conservatives would give up their futile pursuit to give parents public money to send their kids to private schools, writes Ruy Teixeira.