Britain once rioted over the price of bread. What would it take for us to confront greedflation today? | Andy Beckett

[ad_1] This country’s rate of inflation, the worst in western Europe, is everywhere in most people’s lives: in our anxious shopping and conversations, our late-night fears and fraught pay negotiations, our cancelled or rationed pleasures, and our sense of Britain’s shrinking possibilities. After the pandemic, Brexit, and years of austerityContinue Reading

Election officials confront a fractured future

[ad_1] Over the last year, five states with Republican chief election officials — Louisiana, Alabama, West Virginia, Missouri and Florida — all left ERIC. Some states have used outwardly conspiratorial-minded reasons for leaving — citing a secretive plot by liberals to take control of voter rolls. Other complaints are moreContinue Reading