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This week in 1862, Abraham Lincoln issued the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation, freeing slaves within Confederate states the following year. To help African-Americans get ahead in this day and age

Offer cash reparations to direct descendants of slaves
0%
Create jobs/investment to America’s high-minority areas
0%
Improve curriculum and teachers in lowest-performing public schools
0%
Address criminal justice and law enforcement inequities
0%
Enhance air and water quality in impoverished areas
0%
Total votes: 0
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Is it Wise to Pull Out or Redeploy 12,000 U.S. Troops from Germany?

Add more troops: the current level of U.S. troops was already too small to anchor the NATO alliance in Germany.
8%
Keep the present level of troops to reassure NATO of the U.S. commitment to the alliance.
25%
The current 12,000-troops pull-out from Germany is too small; pull out another 10,000.
7%
Redeploy all troops from Germany to Eastern Europe where they are more needed.
31%
Bring all troops home; World War II has been over for 75 years and the Cold War for 31.
30%
Total votes: 152
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This week in 1938, the Graf Zeppelin II made its maiden flight – airship passenger travel later collapsed in the aftermath of the Hindenburg explosion. Most likely to crash and burn

Vote-counting in the presidential election
0%
California’s high-speed rail construction
0%
Social Security and Medicare funding
0%
Re-opened restaurants and small businesses
0%
North Korean despotism, post-Kim Jong-Un
0%
Total votes: 0
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This week in 1936, construction began on the Boulder Dam (officially renamed in Herbert Hoover’s honor 11 years later). The Infrastructure improvement America needs most

Building a new generation of bridges
0%
Updating and maintaining the federal interstate system and local roads
0%
Accelerating 5G wireless networks
0%
A more secure/reliable electrical grid
0%
Coast-to-coast high-speed rail
0%
Supersonic commercial air travel
0%
Better and more clean water management and storage
0%
Total votes: 0
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This week in 1752, Great Britain and its colonies ended their use of the Julian calendar, skipping 11 September days to sync with the Gregorian calendar. The one day you’d like to skip

Tax Day
0%
Election Day
0%
Valentine’s Day
0%
Black Friday/Cyber Monday
0%
Total votes: 0
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This week in 79 AD, Mount Vesuvius erupted, burying the Roman settlements of Pompeii and Herculaneum. The next major eruption to expect

The stock market’s bubble bursting
0%
China and Taiwan engaging in a hot war
0%
An American racial incident sparking violence
0%
Oil shock after missile strikes on Saudi facilities
0%
The first of three contentious Trump-Biden debates
0%
Total votes: 0
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This week marks a “virtual” Democratic National Convention, followed the next week by the Republicans’ counterpart. In your opinion

The acceptance speeches are crucial moments for the two parties to reach a national audience
0%
Forget about the conventions – the candidates’ debates are far more important
0%
The two conventions are still “must-see tv”, even if they'll lack the usual pageantry
0%
National political conventions aren’t what they used to – little drama, little substance
0%
Total votes: 0
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How have Brexit, the China challenge, COVID-19, and the global lockdown affected the European Union?

The EU showed unity and cooperation, and is stronger than ever.
7%
The EU has at least weathered these crises far better than has the U.S.
23%
These challenges call into question the very ability of the EU to continue in its present form.
38%
The EU is now de facto a German union.
17%
The EU will dissolve in the next few years.
14%
Total votes: 69
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This week in 1846, Congress established the Smithsonian Institution museum complex in the nation’s capital. Another example of a relic of a bygone age in today’s Washington

Centrist, consensus-minded Democrats and Republicans
0%
Shelving partisan urges for the greater good in election years
0%
Lawmakers troubled by implications of deficits and debt
0%
Clear, consistent vision re. America’s defense and security needs
0%
Media that play it down the middle, not to one ideological side
0%
Total votes: 0
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This week in 1882, Congress passed an immigration law creating a “head tax” on certain newcomers to America while allowing authorities to expel arrivals based on mental health or a criminal past. The next step in addressing immigration reform

Do nothing for now – leave it to the winners of the November election
0%
Pursue comprehensive reform ASAP with Congress taking the lead, not POTUS
0%
Protect good-standing DACA recipients and Temporary Protected Status holders from deportation
0%
Complete the U.S.-Mexico border wall and strengthen immigration enforcement with E-Verify for all jobs
0%
Enact a “startup visa” allowing national residence after creating jobs and investment
0%
Offer a "pathway to citizenship” for undocumented immigrants who work and pay taxes
0%
Create a merit based immigration system and end chain migration
0%
Require the IRS and SSA to work together to stop unauthorized use of Social Security numbers
0%
Total votes: 0
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