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Manhattan Institute Issues Commentary to Wall Street Journal: Zohran Mamdani Is Still a Radical
NEW YORK, April 24 -- The Manhattan Institute issued the following excerpts of a commentary on April 23, 2026, by senior fellow James B. Meigs to the Wall Street Journal:

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Zohran Mamdani Is Still a Radical

Don't believe the rumors that the mayor has softened his socialism.

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New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani came into office promising to give the city a sweeping socialist makeover. It didn't take long for his revolutionary fantasies to collide with fiscal and political reality. Facing a budget shortfall, the new mayor promptly backtracked on several key campaign promises. His vow to make ... Show Full Article

Manhattan Institute Issues Commentary to Wall Street Journal: Don't Worry, Be Unhappy
NEW YORK, April 24 -- The Manhattan Institute issued the following excerpts of a commentary on April 23, 2026, by policy analyst Carolyn D. Gorman to the Wall Street Journal:

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Don't Worry, Be Unhappy

The mental-health industrial complex insists sadness is a disease, but it's part of human nature.

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In the years since Sigmund Freud discovered the couch, Americans got the strange idea that happiness is the natural human condition. Unhappiness, they decided, is a psychological problem. "Unhappiness is both a political state and a mental health crisis," wrote Tara D. Sonenshine in the Hill ... Show Full Article

Manhattan Institute Issues Commentary to The Times: Americans Say Their Dream Is Dying. Here's Why They're Wrong
NEW YORK, April 24 -- The Manhattan Institute issued the following excerpts of a commentary on April 22, 2026, by senior fellow Rob Henderson to The Times:

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Americans Say Their Dream Is Dying. Here's Why They're Wrong

Influencers and the rich are killing belief in hard work -- but I'm living proof that anyone can make it in this country

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I was born into poverty. My mother, an immigrant from Seoul, suffered from drug addiction. When police and social workers arrived at our slum apartment in Los Angeles in 1993, she told them she didn't know who my father was. I was three. It wasn't until ... Show Full Article

Hudson Institute Issues Commentary: Inescapable Truth of Euro-Atlantic Defense - No Way Forward Without Turkiye
WASHINGTON, April 24 -- Hudson Institute, a research organization that says it promotes leadership for a secure, free and prosperous future, issued the following commentary on April 23, 2026, by nonresident senior fellow Can Kasapoglu:

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The Inescapable Truth of Euro-Atlantic Defense: No Way Forward Without Turkiye

The grammar of military science is unforgiving. Defense architectures built on European autonomy assumptions and that sideline Turkiye or non-EU NATO nations are doomed to fail: they will neither deter threats to Europe nor prevail a war.

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For some time, rhetoric toward Turkiye ... Show Full Article

Center of the American Experiment Issues Commentary: Minnesota Schools Projected to Lose Students by 2031
GOLDEN VALLEY, Minnesota, April 24 -- The Center of the American Experiment, a civic and educational organization that says it creates and advocates policies, issued the following commentary on April 23, 2026, by policy fellow Catrin Wigfall:

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Minnesota schools projected to lose students by 2031

Minnesota public school enrollment is expected to decline between 2022 and 2031, according to projections from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES).

The NCES predicts that only nine states -- Alabama, Florida, Idaho, Montana, North Dakota, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, ... Show Full Article

Center of the American Experiment Issues Commentary: Federal Tool Brings Greater Transparency to Union Spending
GOLDEN VALLEY, Minnesota, April 24 -- The Center of the American Experiment, a civic and educational organization that says it creates and advocates policies, issued the following commentary by policy fellow Catrin Wigfall:

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New federal tool brings greater transparency to union spending

The U.S. Department of Labor has launched a new tool designed to make union financial disclosures more accessible to members, employees, and the public.

While unions have been required to file annual financial reports for decades, the department's Office of Labor-Management Standards (OLMS) recognized the ... Show Full Article

America First Policy Institute: States Have New Weapons to Combat Rampant SNAP, Medicaid, Fraud
WASHINGTON, April 24 (TNSrpt) -- The America First Policy Institute issued the following news release on April 23, 2026:

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States Have New Weapons to Combat Rampant SNAP, Medicaid, Fraud

The America First Policy Institute (AFPI) has released a new Issue Brief (https://www.americafirstpolicy.com/issues/states-can-reduce-fraud-in-snap-by-sharing-data) and State Model Policy to help state lawmakers strengthen their SNAP oversight and work more effectively with the federal government to root out fraud, waste, and abuse and preserve SNAP benefits for the truly needy. This comes on the heels of ... Show Full Article