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Miranda Yaver

Miranda Yaver

Springsteen Takes San Francisco to Higher Ground

“We’re just getting started,” Bruce said with a smile after a few songs, to the delight of the 18,000 fans in the audience, who had already…

Apr 1

Apr 1

Miranda Yaver

Sparks Fly on Patriot Place

When Bruce Springsteen sang the chorus to “Mary’s Place,” it felt rather like a summoning, as rain was in the forecast (we felt raindrops…

Aug 25, 2023

Aug 25, 2023

Miranda Yaver

Springsteen Proves It All Night in Boston

There is perhaps no opening song better suited to a Monday concert than “No Surrender,” as the audience of 20,000 reflects on learning more…

Mar 21, 2023

Mar 21, 2023

Miranda Yaver

Balancing Social Justice and Social Distance

My first political memory was watching on television footage of the beating of Rodney King by officers of the Los Angeles Police…

Jun 19, 2020

Jun 19, 2020

Miranda Yaver

Republicans Are Working to Undermine Direct Democracy

In working to subvert Medicaid expansion, the GOP-controlled legislature is also ignoring their constituents’ wishes

Mar 1, 2019

Republicans Are Working to Undermine Direct Democracy

Mar 1, 2019

Miranda Yaver

Why I Vote

Nov 5, 2018

Nov 5, 2018

Miranda Yaver

Why I Didn’t Report

Heartbreaking. Infuriating. Degrading. Surreal. Galling. Shaming. Powerless.

Sep 23, 2018

Sep 23, 2018

Miranda Yaver

Kavanaugh a Blank Check for Presidential Power

On July 8, 1974, the case of United States v. Nixon was argued before the United States Supreme Court. Despite the Court’s formal term…

Jul 24, 2018

Jul 24, 2018

Miranda Yaver

Questions for Judge Kavanaugh

On July 9, 2018, the 150th anniversary of the ratification of the Fourteenth Amendment, President Trump announced his nominee for Associate…

Jul 22, 2018

Jul 22, 2018

Miranda Yaver

The NRA’s Faulty Logic

While the National Rifle Association claims that gun control is an infringement on their Second Amendment rights, they demonstrate little…

Apr 3, 2018

Apr 3, 2018

Miranda Yaver

Miranda Yaver

Political scientist and Assistant Professor of Health Policy and Management at the University of Pittsburgh. @mirandayaver

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