After a presidential election that reportedly turned on fears about inflation, less than half of Americans now say they believe President-elect Donald Trump will be able to reduce the price of groceries. Debates about the price of food staples such…
Republicans are far more optimistic about 2025 than other Americans
With their man headed back to the White House, Republicans are significantly more optimistic about America’s fate in 2025 than either Democrats or independents, according to Gallup. The venerable polling firm asked a representative national sample their opinions on the…
Mass deportations will harm some of Trump’s most ardent supporters
Some of Donald Trump’s most ardent supporters will suffer the most if the president-elect keeps his promise to deport millions of undocumented immigrants upon returning to office, according to economist Robert Lynch. White men without a college education will struggle…
Mass deportations will devastate the economy, business leaders warn
The mass deportation of immigrants promised by Donald Trump would have immediate and disastrous effects on the U.S. economy, Bob Worsley said during a virtual press briefing hosted by American Business Immigration Coalition. The former Republican state senator in Arizona…
Did Trump voters know what they were getting? Pew surveys say yes
With every announcement of a cabinet-level nomination that seems more shocking than the last, Americans who are not on the Trump train are struggling to understand how many of the president-elect’s actions will be agreeable to his base and whether…
The mysteries of the Latino vote for Trump
I’m furious at white evangelicals today, and especially at my white evangelical neighbors. A little over a month ago, Hurricane Helene left our neighborhood looking like a disaster zone. To this day, we still have large trees down in our yards and…
Dear Democrats, you neglected the poor
“Madame Vice President, I’m speaking.” This was the stunning message the majority of the American electorate sent Kamala Harris and her Democratic coalition in unmistakably clear terms this week. As other commentators have noted, Donald Trump’s victory in this year’s…
Project 2025’s plan for mass deportations would make food prices soar
The percentage of Americans who want immigration levels to decrease has risen sharply in the past year despite the nation’s urgent need for foreign-born workers in agricultural and other labor industries. A Gallup poll released this month found 55% of…
Deporting Dreamers would be a ‘disaster’ to the communities where they live and work
Opposition to DACA makes no economic or political sense for the country and is potentially catastrophic for immigrants raised most of their lives in the United States, experts said during a webinar hosted by the National Immigration Forum. The Obama-era…