Opinion Today: Topline
Selected links from the January 9, 2026, edition of Opinion Today
Labor Market Expectations Deteriorate as Job Finding Expectations Reach Series Low Federal Reserve Bank of New York The Federal Reserve Bank of New York’s Center for Microeconomic Data today released the December 2025 Survey of Consumer Expectations, which shows that households’ inflation expectations increased at the short-term horizon and remained unchanged at the medium- and longer-term horizons. Job finding expectations declined to a series low—the second series low for the measure in six months—while job loss expectations also worsened.
Crowdfunding contributions tend to be small donations to help others in need AP-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research
How Americans feel about crowdfunding websites like GoFundMe, according to an AP-NORC poll James Pollard and Linley Sanders, Associated Press
Surprising Consistency on a Path to Citizenship for Long-Term Immigrants Dante Chinni, American Communities Project
What we know about internet use, smartphone ownership and digital divides in the U.S. Colleen McClain and William Bishop, Pew Research Center
Arizona Public Opinion: A Year in Review Noble Predictive Insights
Low Gas Prices Don’t Seem to be Moving the Needle for Trump—and He’s No Exception Historically Kyle Kondik, Sabato’s Crystal Ball
Are Young White Men Facing Discrimination? Daniel Cox, American Storylines Trump Lays Out a Vision of Power Restrained Only by ‘My Own Morality’ David E. Sanger, Tyler Pager, Katie Rogers and Zolan Kanno-Youngs, New York Times [unlocked] Republicans Say Trump’s Coalition in Congress Is ‘Fraying but Not Broken’ Riley Rogerson, Reese Gorman and Jasmine Wright, NOTUS Donald Trump can’t count on Congress to have his back any more Meredith Lee Hill, Jordain Carney and Nicholas Wu, Politico First the Shooting. Then the Lies. Adam Serwer, The Atlantic [unlocked] Trumpism depends on the fog of incomplete information Philip Bump Trump Has Odd Views on Domestic Terrorism Jonathan Chait, The Atlantic [unlocked] The Future of the Left in the 21st Century (Part Three) Ruy Teixeira, The Liberal Patriot Eight(ish) California predictions for 2026 Christina Bellantoni, Roll Call
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