Michael Shank, Ph.D., associate director for legislative affairs at the Friends Committee on National Legislation and adjunct faculty at George Mason University’s School for Conflict Analysis and Resolution, discusses with Host Tim Farley on Sirius XM’s POTUS the militarization of US police forces.  Shank examines how, when, why American police […]

On the 159th Anniversary of the founding of the Republican Party, Michael Shank discusses Senator Harry Reid’s defeat in championing Senator Feinstein’s assault weapons ban bill on Current TV with John Fugelsang.  Shank discusses exactly what gun control legislation is likely pass the US Congress, the political fallout from Senator […]

Michael Shank discusses gun violence and gun legislation with Richard Feldman who is President of the Independent Firearm Owners Association and the author of the book “Ricochet, Confessions of a Gun Lobbyist.”  Shank discusses how background checks and bans on assault weapons, high-capacity magazines, online sales, and gun show loopholes […]

Michael Shank, adjunct professor at George Mason University’s School for Conflict Analysis and Resolution, discusses the international community’s overwhelming support for Barack Obama as president of the United States, drone strikes in Pakistan, America’s new permanent war, the Muslim world’s support for Barack Obama, and America’s aggressive tilt toward China.  […]

Michael Shank, vice president of the Institute for Economics and Peace, discusses the politics of gun control in America with John Velleco, federal director of Gun Owners of America.  Shank highlights Congressional leadership vis-a-vis gun safety, the cost of violence in America, the implications of the National Rifle Association lobby, […]

Michael Shank, vice president of the Institute for Economics and Peace, discusses the politics of gun control in America with John Velleco, federal director of Gun Owners of America.  Shank highlights Congressional leadership vis-a-vis gun safety, the cost of violence in America, the implications of the National Rifle Association lobby, […]

Michael Shank, vice president for US operations at the Institute for Economics and Peace, discusses the possibility of a second recession, US monthly job and unemployment numbers, America’s soaring poverty and inequality rates, the need for new tax, labor and trade policies and the need for stricter enforcement of Dodd-Frank, […]

Michael Shank discusses the New Hampshire Primary results, the upcoming South Carolina Primary, the impact of Super PAC money on democracy, the presidential races of Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich, Rick Santorum, Jon Huntsman and Ron Paul, as well as the state of South Carolina’s economy. Interview courtesy of FOX News.

Michael Shank, US Vice President at the Institute for Economics and Peace, discusses the absence of an American middle class and how both parties have pursued 30 years of tax, trade, tech and labor policy that has left America with high rates of inequality and poverty.  Interviewed conducted on November […]