Why I Flew Across the Country to Cast My Vote for Hillary Clinton
BY AROHI SHARMA At 5:52 PM Eastern Time on Thursday, November 3, I put down the phone with the Los
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Two Stories, One America: How Political Narratives Shape Our Understanding of Reality
BY STEPHEN HAWKINS AND TOMMY FLINT It’s a troubling day when we have to admit that the TV pundits are right: America
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Presumptions, Prerogatives, and Power: Why Foreign Policy is Too Easy for Presidents, and Domestic Policy is Too Hard
BY JACOB SHELLY When President Obama stood outside the Blue Room on September 10th to announce a major expansion of
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The Rise of a Narrative: Thomas Piketty at the Kennedy School
BY JOSH RUDOLPH The ideas of economists and political philosophers, both when they are right and when they are
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Adventures in Presidential History
BY THOMAS TOBIN As the nation celebrates Presidents’ Day and students nationwide enjoy the long weekend, this holiday is a
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Why We Need Corporate Tax Reform
BY ELLIOTT LONG In 1943, corporate income tax collections accounted for 40 percent of total tax collections. By 2012, they
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He Said, We Said: Breaking Down the State of the Union, Part 2
POLICY AREA: HEALTH CARE BY EMILY HARTMANN It is clear that President Obama wants to move the conversation forward on
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