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Economic Anxiety Index®

The word 'Trump' may be shifting our ideological attitudes

by David Brancaccio
Apr 24, 2017
Some of the latest findings from our Marketplace-Edison Research Poll highlight the prevalence of party lines.
President Donald Trump listens to a question during a town hall event at Rochester Recreational Arena in Rochester, New Hampshire.
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Economic Anxiety Index®

You think Washington has 'forgotten' you — and it doesn't matter what party you're in

by Kai Ryssdal
Apr 24, 2017
As we approach the president's 100th day in office, Americans tell us they are less anxious about the economy. But, there's still a disconnect, according to our latest Marketplace-Edison Research Poll.
A person watches the televised inauguration of Donald Trump as the 45th President of the United States while in Times Square on Jan. 20 in New York City.
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Read our full conversation with George Lakoff on "your brain on Trump"

by Jennie Josephson
Apr 18, 2017
The professor emeritus of cognitive science and linguistics explains how your brain responds to President Trump's language.
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The IRS doesn’t care if you have political reasons for not paying your taxes

by Jana Kasperkevic
Apr 18, 2017
Not paying could result in penalties and felony charges.
Armando La Rosa directs people to the Liberty Tax Service office as the deadline to file taxes looms on April 15, 2016 in Miami, Florida. 
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Weekly Wrap: Trump is getting an economic crash-course

by Kai Ryssdal
Apr 14, 2017
Which begs the question: Did he know what he was talking about during the campaign?
US President Donald Trump boards Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland, April 13, 2017.
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President Trump might withhold ACA subsidy payments

by Andy Uhler
Apr 13, 2017
Trump said he wants Democrats to negotiate on health care.
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The U.S. and North Korea may be in a rare position to negotiate

by David Brancaccio
Apr 6, 2017
President Trump's talks with China will center around both countries' relation to North Korea.
A man walks past a television screen showing file footage of a North Korean missile launch, at a railway station in Seoul on April 5, 2017. Nuclear-armed North Korea fired a ballistic missile into the Sea of Japan on April 5, just ahead of a highly-anticipated China-US summit at which Pyongyangs accelerating atomic weapons programme is set to top the agenda.
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Emory University chooses to be a 'safe harbor' instead of 'sanctuary'

by Marketplace Contributor
Mar 21, 2017
Students protest the school's decision, but the careful language may keep it from losing state funding.
Students, staff and faculty members walked out in protest and gathered in front of this administrative building at Emory University in February to pressure the university's new president Dr. Claire Sterk to label the university as a "sanctuary campus."
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What it means to be a diplomat in a digital age

by Stephanie Hughes and Ben Johnson
Mar 20, 2017
Anne-Marie Slaughter says that diplomacy isn't just taking place in oak-paneled rooms anymore.
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The risky business of building Trump’s wall

by Jana Kasperkevic
Mar 17, 2017
As companies come forward to build border walls, local lawmakers call for divestments in protest
A man stands on the U.S. side of the U.S.-Mexico border wall in Calexico, California.
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