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What Happened Last Wednesday?

What Happened Last Wednesday?

What we all witnessed had nothing to do with “white privilege”

Jan 10

Are governors risking public health by blocking local responses to COVID-19?

Are governors risking public health by blocking local responses to ...

How governors limited their local governments and what that means for policymakers and administrators

Jan 11

Here’s one reason why disdain for the other party is on the rise

Here’s one reason why disdain for the other party is on the rise

Compared to partisan men, women partisans express colder feelings towards the opposing party.

Heather L Ondercin

Jan 11

Why should we care about nonprofit performance?

Why should we care about nonprofit performance?

Beyond neoliberalism

Sep 23, 2020

Why Do White Americans Support Both Strict Immigration Policies and the DREAM Act?

Why Do White Americans Support Both Strict Immigration Policies and...

Racism is a big part of the answer

Oct 15, 2020

Why does the Farm Bill divide the House majority?

Why does the Farm Bill divide the House majority?

The traditional politics of food and agriculture is falling apart

Jan 8

Political Consequences of Excluding Undocumented Immigrants from Apportionment

Political Consequences of Excluding Undocumented Immigrants from Ap...

Written by Jonathan Robert Cervas and Angela X. Ocampo

Angela X. Ocampo

Aug 14, 2020

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Political Power

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Partisan Echo Chambers

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CONGRESS

Yes, Congress Does Consult Non-Partisan Experts

Politics

Matt Yglesias is right about our accountability problem, but wrong about the solution

Politics

Democrats Have a Credibility Crisis on Their Hands. And It’s Their Own Fault.

Wouter Van Erve

Texas Two-Steps Behind

The Dismal State of Civics Education in Texas

Politics and COVID

Why did the New York Metropolitan Opera hire a lobbyist?

Criminal Justice

The Future of Federal Prison Privatization is Bleak… Or Is It?

Christopher Baylor

Election 2020

Here’s how to predict the Biden Presidency

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Lisa K. Parshall

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Election 2020

Why President-elect Biden Needs Congress to Rebuild Federal Capacity and Restore Public…

Election 2020

Why the Heritage Foundation matters to the Biden-Harris transition

COVID-19

States that boost billionaires with incentives could harm post-Covid recovery

“Slow the Spread” Public Awareness Campaign Postcard from March 2020

Trump, Branding, Election 2020

How Trump’s Brand Equity Mattered When Credit-Claiming

J. Andrew Sinclair

When Accountability Meets Partisanship

Do voters blame officeholders for administrative and policy…

Possibilities?

We are not a failed state…we just need to reimagine the possible.

Lindsey Cormack

It’s not as hard as you think

One Trick to doing Better in Zoom University

Hillbilly Elegy and Opioid Epidemic

Want an Elegy? Ask an Appalachian

Christopher M. Weible

Countering the creeping crisis of democracy and political inequality

Election 2020

Understanding Others to Enhance Democracy — Getting Back on Path

Presidential Transition

Read these 4 books on presidential transitions

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