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Several developments in the past three years suggest that the case for upholding section 5 against constitutional challenge has been strengthened compared to the situation in 2009.
In the media
Brenda Wright
Apple has the largest market capitalization of any corporation in the U.S.
Blog
Small business owners, it turns out, are like everybody else. They are Democrats and Independents as well as Republicans. A few make a lot of money; others not nearly so much.
Blog
Michael Lipsky
Tomorrow’s GDP numbers will likely show a growth rate around 1.9 percent. Economists predict that an increase in consumer spending will be what helps boost this quarter’s GDP growth rate, which is higher than last quarters’ increase of 1.3 percent. The quarterly GDP release is also a time when we
Blog
J. Mijin Cha
Happy Food Day! The Center for Science in the Public Interest has designated October 24 as a day “to address issues as varied as health and nutrition, hunger, agricultural policy, animal welfare, and farm worker justice.” It’s a good idea, and to mark the occasion, I’d share an organic apple from my
Blog
Amy Traub
Heather McGhee on how our exceptionalism lies in maintaining social cohesion in our multi-origin, multi-racial democracy.
In the media
Heather C. McGhee
A corporation is a legal structure that enables individuals to contribute and pool resources, capital, and labor in order to generate a profit. Corporations are created by state law in the state in which they are incorporated. The corporate legal structure receives a number of advantages and
Research
The credit reporting industry has given us plenty to complain about: credit reports too often contain errors, the errors are fiendishly hard to fix, reports and scores are not accessible enough to consumers, and credit information is increasingly being used for a variety of extraneous purposes
Blog
Amy Traub
The last presidential debate not only continued the silence on climate change, it also advanced the false narrative that we have to choose between economic growth and action on climate change. While the candidates focused on how to keep gas prices down, increase energy independence, and create jobs
In the media
J. Mijin Cha