Robert VerBruggen

1 week ago | manhattan.institute | Robert VerBruggen |Stephen Eide |Carolyn D. Gorman |Tim Rosenberger

Good morning: The Manhattan Institute announced Wednesday that Paul Singer is stepping down as its Chairman of the Board after a distinguished 21-year tenure as a trustee, including 17 years as Chair. We are also proud to announce that former U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos was unanimously elected to succeed him as Chair.

1 week ago | manhattan.institute | Robert VerBruggen

Antidiscrimination law has become a flashpoint in American political debates once again. With the Supreme Court’s decision striking down affirmative action and a legal campaign against race-conscious “diversity, equity, and inclusion” (DEI) programs—a campaign that now enjoys the support of the executive branch—there has been increased attention to how these laws protect not only black, Hispanic, and Native Americans, but also white and Asian Americans.

1 week ago | city-journal.org | Robert VerBruggen

The Right’s “pronatalist” movement brings attention to a serious problem confronting modern civilization. Birthrates in America and throughout the developed world have dropped well below the approximately 2.1 births per woman required to sustain a population through natural growth. At the same time, efforts to address this issue have revealed deep divisions within America’s evolving conservative coalition.

1 week ago | city-journal.org | Robert VerBruggen

Defund: Black Lives, Policing, and Safety for All, by Sandy Hudson (Pantheon, 288 pp. $29)The “defund the police” movement had its moment during the Black Lives Matter fervor of 2020. But even then, mainstream politicians distanced themselves from its rhetoric, and four-fifths of black Americans told Gallup they wanted to see the same or even more police presence where they lived.

1 month ago | city-journal.org | Robert VerBruggen

Wisconsin’s Act 10 was one of the boldest Republican reforms of the early twenty-first century. Enacted in 2011, the law sharply limited the collective-bargaining rights of many public employees, including teachers. It also freed school districts from rigid union pay schedules, ended automatic paycheck deductions for union dues, and required unions to win an annual vote to continue representing workers.