J.D. Vance’s Ugly Rant About Trump’s Coup Portends a Dark MAGA Future

This week, Senator J.D. Vance of Ohio declared in an on-air rant that if he had been Donald Trump’s vice president in the run-up to Jan. 6, 2021, he would have told states to send Congress multiple slates of electors Continue reading J.D. Vance’s Ugly Rant About Trump’s Coup Portends a Dark MAGA Future

The Future of Food Insecurity Is in the Hands of an Angry Congress

The farm bill is a traditionally bipartisan measure, bolstered by a marriage of rural agricultural interests and nutrition assistance advocates. The largest part of the farm bill is also the most controversial: the nutrition title, which includes funding for the Continue reading The Future of Food Insecurity Is in the Hands of an Angry Congress

“There’s a Lot We Don’t Know”: Rep. Ted Lieu on Our A.I. Future

California Democrat Ted Lieu is something unusual in Congress: He was a computer science major at Stanford, a course of study that led him logically to his interest in the issue of artificial intelligence, where he’s sponsored a number of Continue reading “There’s a Lot We Don’t Know”: Rep. Ted Lieu on Our A.I. Future