Joe Biden

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• SOURCE: New York Times
  1/14/2023
  

  Why Do "Secret" Documents Keep Showing Up in the Wrong Places?

  by Matthew Connelly

  The near-unilateral authority of presidents to declare material secret in the name of national security is intoxicating and it's nearly impossible for the chief executive to resist abusing it, creating not a "deep state" but a "dark state" of secrecy and impunity. 

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• SOURCE: NPR
  1/17/2023
  

  As Biden Faces Documents Controversy, is it Time to Ask Why So Much is Classified?

  Former Pentagon Special Counsel Oona Hathaway says that an excess of classification makes government accountability difficult to achieve, as well as contributing to potential criminality. 

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• 1/15/2022
  

  One Term, Two Presidencies: Biden's Prospects under Divided Government

  by Michael A. Genovese

  If recent patterns prove out, the second half of Biden's term will be marked by executive orders with little prospect of significant legislation. 

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• SOURCE: The New Republic
  1/4/2023
  

  How is the Biden Doctrine Working after Two Years?

  by Matt Duss and Stephen Wertheim

  After pledging to reorient foreign policy around the global issues affecting Americans – climate, disease, and ending "forever wars" – progress toward a Biden Doctrine has been incremental. 

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• SOURCE: The Baffler
  12/8/2022
  

  "Amtrak Joe" Leaves Rail Workers in the Dust

  by Kim Kelly

  Why did the "most pro-union president" in modern times push through a negotiated settlement rejected by the majority of railroad union members, and what would Eugene Debs think? 

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• 12/11/2022
  

  Is Gerontocracy the Problem?

  by Cary Heinz

  Although Biden, Trump, and other prominent elected officials represent a political leadership that's unprecedented for advanced age, it's not clear we can—or should—do anything about it. 

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• SOURCE: The Nation
  11/7/2022
  

  Why Didn't Joe Biden Go to War with Jerome Powell and the Federal Reserve?

  The policies the Federal Reserve has pursued in response to inflation threaten to treat the problem with a recession that will harm working families and potentially doom the Biden administration. Why hasn't the President pushed back against the bankers? 

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• 10/23/2022
  

  Is the Recovery Act Driving Inflation?

  by Robert Brent Toplin

  Inflation is a global problem, not an American one. 

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• SOURCE: NBC News
  10/19/2022
  

  Biden, National Archives Sued for Delayed Release of JFK Assassination Records

  Although the decision to delay a Congressionally-mandated release should not be taken as proof of any assassination conspiracy theories, historians argue the documents are necessary to fully understand a tumultuous period in the nation's history. 

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• SOURCE: Made By History at the Washington Post
  9/23/2022
  

  The Risks of Declaring the Pandemic Over

  by Molly Nebiolo

  As long as America has had pandemics, it has had leaders who sought political benefit by declaring them over, so Joe Biden is in good company. But moving on needs to include planning ahead. 

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• SOURCE: CNN
  9/17/2022
  

  Forget Policy Wins, Biden Needs to Tell Voters the Story of His Administration

  by Julian Zelizer

  The Biden administration and the Democrats have both legislative successes of their own and unpopular Republican positions to present to voters. Do they have a story that ties them together? 

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• SOURCE: The Guardian
  9/21/2022
  

  Biden's Taiwan Rhetoric Risks Antagonizing China For No Gain

  by Stephen Wertheim

  The United States' "One China" policy is ambivalent, awkward and dissatisfying. But it's served to prevent a destructive war for decades. Biden's recent comments threaten to destabilize the arrangement. 

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• SOURCE: The Atlantic
  9/15/2022
  

  Is Biden Really the Most Pro-Union President?

  Labor historian Erik Loomis says Biden is spending limited political capital to support workers and strikers, and that the bar for pro-labor presidencies is set extremely low. 

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• SOURCE: NPR
  9/4/2022
  

  Why Were the Historians Advising Biden All White?

  Historians of color, including Kenneth Mack and Manisha Sinha, have argued that it shouldn't be necessary to look outside of the United States, or all the way back to the Civil War, to find examples of institutionalized racism, demagoguery, voter suppression, and political violence. 

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• SOURCE: Made By History at the Washington Post
  9/1/2022
  

  Historically Speaking, Biden's "Semi-Fascist" Description of MAGA is Correct

  by Federico Finchelstein

  The global authoritarian movement, of which MAGA is a part, is becoming increasingly intolerant of democracy and committed to fighting imagined threats to the nation. It's an ominous direction that tracks with the past rise of fascist regimes. 

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• 8/26/2022
  

  Historians Respond to Biden's Student Debt Relief Order

  How are historians responding to the Biden administration's order to forgive $10,000 of student debt for borrowers with incomes under $125,000?

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• 8/21/2022
  

  President as Change Agent: Breakers vs. Builders

  by Michael A. Genovese

  While Joe Biden has recently enjoyed policy successes that point toward a revival of the Democrats' political fortunes, his brand of change is handicapped by a lack of excitement. Will Americans ultimately choose a "disruptor" over an incrementalist? 

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• SOURCE: TIME
  8/16/2022
  

  Historians on the Biden-Carter Comparison

  by Olivia B. Waxman

  Meg Jacobs, Gregory Brew and Kai Bird discuss the similar economic and international contexts of the two presidencies, and suggest that Biden may, like Carter, ultimately be more effective than he is given credit for. 

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• SOURCE: L.A. Progressive
  8/14/2022
  

  The Inflation Reduction Act is a Legislative Victory and a Vindication of Patient Pragmatism

  by Walter G. Moss

  While compromise and negotiation are difficult, they have proven necessary for salvaging a large chunk of the Biden domestic agenda, including action on climate change. 

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• 8/14/2022
  

  Killing of al-Zawahiri in Kabul Vindicates Strategic Separation of Counterterrorism and Military Occupation

  by Brian Glyn Williams

  On withdrawal from Afghanistan, the Biden administration touted its "over the horizon" capability to track and target terrorists from afar. If the strategy proves out, it should mean the ability to fully decouple antiterror operations from foreign military presence.