HISTORICAL FACTS: 4 - Caught on Camera

Paul Taylor's Six-Part Substack Series: Where Did the Racial Boxes People Check on Forms Come From?

If you don't have the time or inclination to read my book, Classified: The Unknown Story of Racial Classification in America, attorney Paul Taylor provides a thorough summary, along with some commentary, at his (excellent) Substack. Part 1 The illogical and politically-motivated process that led to the creation of official…

Reason · Jan 22, 2024

Here’s a tip for Europe’s crisis-beset leaders: ask ‘What would Jacques Delors do?’

Faced with war and the threat of Trump, Ursula von der Leyen and others should study the legacy of modern Europe’s architect, says Paul Taylor of the Friends of Europe thinktank

The Guardian - UK · Jan 17, 2024

What happened in the Russia-Ukraine war this week? Catch up with the must-read news and analysis

The Ukrainian politician being investigated for ordering contract killings – and now working for Russia; the Ukrainian city split by suspicion

The Guardian - AU · Dec 22, 2023

As antisemitism soars, for many Jews in France nowhere feels safe

Macron is calling for unity, but the Israel-Hamas war has sparked a rise in hate crime that threatens a fragile social peace, says Paul Taylor of the Friends of Europe thinktank

The Guardian - UK · Dec 2, 2023

Pressure to expand the EU has never been greater – and the will to reform it never weaker

Enlargement may offer Europe greater security, but its price is change with daunting financial and political costs, says Paul Taylor of the Friends of Europe thinktank

The Guardian - UK · Nov 23, 2023

Europe can’t rise to the Israel-Hamas crisis until it overcomes its own rifts

The EU could help to defuse this conflict – but first it must tackle diverging sympathies and Brussels turf wars, says Paul Taylor of the Friends of Europe thinktank

The Guardian - UK · Oct 13, 2023

Europe’s ‘mini-Trumps’ survived his fall. Now they’re hoping for his comeback

From Orbán in Hungary to Fico in Slovakia, populists are looking to a Trump win to boost their power in the EU, says Paul Taylor of the Friends of Europe thinktank

The Guardian - UK · Sep 26, 2023

Medicare pandemic advances deepen debt for some hospitals - Roll Call

Congress poured billions into hospitals through advances on Medicare claims, but now some medical providers are struggling to pay it back. 

Roll Call · Sep 6, 2023

Government looking to expand use of facial recognition technology

The Ministry of Defence is calling on companies to submit ideas that ‘could be deployed to benefit the Home Office and policing’.

The Independent UK · Aug 31, 2023

Will Europe’s centre-right parties accept defeat or sell their souls to the hard right?

Progressive policies are at stake as conservatives attempt to forge alliances in the European parliament with extreme nationalists, says Paul Taylor of the Friends of Europe thinktank

The Guardian - UK · Aug 28, 2023