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The long-term decline in workers’ standard of living—and how to reverse it

Chris Lu, former deputy secretary of labor under President Barack Obama, University of Virginia Miller Center fellow, is interviewed.

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Impeachment

From the director: The staggering power of impeachment

The Miller Center is committed to bringing light, not heat, to a painful time in our national history.

At least 228 house Democrats support the impeachment inquiry

Former ambassador Bill Taylor testified today behind closed doors. To discuss the impeachment inquiry and newest developments, UNews spoke to Chris Lu, who served under President Obama as the White House's cabinet secretary.

Chris Lu

Accusing Trump Of Racial Animus, Liberians Facing Deportation Are Fighting To Stay

Trump’s termination of DED is in line with his overarching style of immigration policy, said David Leblang, a professor of politics and public policy at the University of Virginia and a senior fellow at the Miller Center for Public Affairs. “Trump's been pretty consistent in making a statement that we are going to close our borders, and we're not going to be welcoming of people who are in need,” said Leblang, citing the Trump administration's 2017 travel ban against five Muslim-majority countries and the recently struck down "public charge law" introduced by Trump, which aimed to bar immigrants who would rely on public programs.

David Leblang

Trump compares impeachment probe to ‘lynching,’ again prompting political firestorm around race

Trump’s erratic behavior, combined with his penchant for offending minorities, has only made it harder for Republicans to coalesce around an impeachment defense, said Russell Riley, a presidential historian at the University of Virginia’s Miller Center. “His use of this word, likening this to a lynching, is not a part of any strategic approach but is a manifestation of an impulse to fight back with the most incendiary language that he could muster,” Riley said.

Russell Riley

Impeachment

Self-dealing: The core of the impeachment inquiry

Evidence of criminal misconduct, specifically, the federal bribery statute, should influence political judgments about impeachment. After all, “Bribery” is one of the grounds for impeachment specifically enumerated in the Constitution.

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