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Chicago State of Mind: How CBT is changing lives in inner-city Chicago
Three weeks after the King College Prep band members performed at President Obama’s second inauguration, they were mourning the loss of a...
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Nov 6, 201511 min read


Birds, Bees, and IUDs: Why Colorado’s Successful Experiment with Long Term Contraception is Po
When something in politics sounds too good to be true, that’s probably because it is. But the Colorado Family Planning Initiative might...
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Nov 6, 20157 min read


Daily Fantasy Sports: Just What the Spin Doctor Ordered
Fantasy football has exploded in the past decade, but daily fantasy sports, led mainly by two giants, FanDuel and DraftKings, allow fans...
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Nov 5, 20155 min read


Gunning for Democrats: Progressives in the Second Amendment Debate
When Bernie Sanders, a self-described democratic socialist, threw his hat into the presidential race, he was widely expected to be to the...
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Nov 4, 20155 min read
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[Liveblog]: Capitalism, Progressivism, and Mass Incarceration
The Political Theory Project hosts Bernard Harcourt, from Columbia Law School, and Naomi Murakawa, from Princeton University. Together,...
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Nov 3, 20151 min read


From Giving to Policymaking: Philanthropies in Public Education
Amid the search for John Boehner’s replacement as Speaker of the House and the ever-mounting frenzy of the 2016 presidential election, it...
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Nov 2, 20155 min read


Acting Where Congress Will Not: Infrastructure and State Legislatures
According to Gallup, only 14 percent of Americans approve of the job Congress is doing. This lack of faith in the government is evident...
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Nov 2, 20154 min read


“Public Needs” Abuse Eminent Domain for Economic Development
The Fifth Amendment encompasses so much more than TV crime shows would lead you to believe; it’s not solely “pleading the fifth,”...
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Oct 29, 20155 min read
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[LIVEBLOG]: NPR’s Nina Totenberg — The Supreme Court: A look back, and forward
Nina Totenberg, award-winning legal affairs correspondent for National Public Radio, will discuss current and historic Supreme Court...
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Oct 27, 20151 min read


Marriage Promotion is Not a Real Poverty Solution
Over the past couple of years, Republicans have felt increasing pressure to put forth free market proposals to combat poverty....
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Oct 26, 20155 min read


If At First You Don’t Succeed: The Department of Defense’s Failed Syrian Rebel Training Program
Amidst the overthrow of governments in Tunisia and Egypt in 2011, Anthony Cordesman of the Center for Strategic and International Studies...
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Oct 26, 20156 min read


No Publicity Is Bad Publicity: How This Now Rings True in the Political Arena
To Presidential Candidate Ben Carson, “the likelihood of Hitler being able to accomplish his goals would have been greatly diminished if...
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Oct 26, 20156 min read


First Ladies and Lads of the 2016 Presidential Election
On October 3, Saturday Night Live’s forty-first season premiered with a cold opener mocking Donald and Melania Trump. The skit portrayed...
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Oct 25, 20155 min read


The Rise of European Leisure
Every day, more and more Swedish workers are working less and less. This is not because of unemployment or laziness, but due to a...
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Oct 24, 20155 min read


Sticking To Our Guns: Why Congress Won’t Budge on Gun Control
The shooting at Umpqua Community College is not going to lead to gun regulations. Neither will the shootings of the five people killed in...
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Oct 24, 20154 min read


Reviving Rhode Island: A Familiar Plan
Almost a full year into her first term, Governor Gina Raimondo has already taken ambitious steps toward her campaign promise to revamp...
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Oct 24, 20157 min read


The Tax Plans of America’s Self-Proclaimed Populists
Likening Donald Trump to Bernie Sanders may elicit a laugh. However, both presidential candidates are essentially running on a populist...
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Oct 21, 20157 min read


One Step On A Long Road: The EPA and Environmental Justice
On September 29, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finalized new rules to improve air quality in areas surrounding oil refineries...
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Oct 21, 20156 min read


Oscar Season: The Artistic Side of Political Discourse
As the Oscar season comes whirling in, the next big culture war stands in the wings ready to pounce on an unsuspecting, yet willing...
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Oct 21, 20155 min read


“Stuff Happens”: Partisan Roadblocks to Gun Control
Slain five-year-olds, lethal movie premiers, massacred students: American citizens have become numb to these tragedies as they experience...
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Oct 19, 20156 min read
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