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The Chilling Future of Oil in the Arctic
In resource-rich countries, achieving substantive environmental reform can be incompatible with the potential profits of oil and natural...
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Mar 31, 20235 min read


Forecasting a Potential 2020 Rematch
When Trump handed Ron DeSantis the moniker of “Meatball Ron” last month, it offered a taste of the nasty Republican primary for the 2024...
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Mar 13, 20235 min read


In a Divided Congress, Expand the Child Tax Credit
On March 11, 2021, President Biden signed the American Rescue Plan into law, delivering $1.9 trillion to help the country recover from...
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Jan 8, 20236 min read


A Step, Not the Solution: The Shortcomings of Biden’s Plan for Student Debt Cancellation
In August, the Biden administration announced it would cancel $10,000 of student debt for all federal borrowers making less than $125,000...
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Nov 15, 20225 min read


Juvenile Criminal Justice: The Benefits of a more Lenient Youth Policy
President Biden’s recent move to pardon federal marijuana offenders has drawn attention to the punitive nature of the American criminal...
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Oct 26, 20227 min read


Why the War against Ukraine Is an Opportunity to Pass Climate Change Legislation
Russia’s war against Ukraine has led to a chain of reactions that pushed many countries, including the United States, towards increasing...
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May 4, 20225 min read


Will Biden Take Action on the Student Debt Crisis?
After a year in office, President Joe Biden has yet to follow through on his campaign promise to relieve the student debt crisis....
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Apr 14, 20224 min read


_______‘24: Can Democrats Find a Biden Replacement to Fill in the Blank?
President Biden and the Democrats are in deep trouble. Despite the recent favorable redistricting cycle, the national political...
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Apr 7, 20225 min read


Build Back Better and the Future of the Biden Administration: An Interview with David Dayen
David Dayen is an American political journalist who currently serves as Executive Editor of The American Prospect. He has previously...
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Feb 28, 202220 min read


‘Doing Justice’ Together: An Interview with Julie McCormack
*This interview is the third and last installment of BPR’s series, The Last Line of Defense: How Expansive Should the US Social Safety...
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Dec 21, 20217 min read


Old Alliances, New Challenges: Afghanistan, the US, and the UK
The United States’s withdrawal from Afghanistan earlier this year was one of the most profound foreign policy choices the Biden...
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Dec 7, 20215 min read


Using Vaccine Diplomacy to Address Supply Chain Woes
In this year of crises, the plight of the Ever Given was, without doubt, the most absurd. While attempting to cross the Suez Canal during...
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Oct 30, 20215 min read


Does Social Security Work for Everyone? An Interview with Nancy Altman
*This interview is the first installment of BPR’s series, The Last Line of Defense: How Expansive Should the US Social Safety Net Be? In...
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Oct 23, 202110 min read


America, Iran, and the Prospects for Partnership: An Interview with Stephen Kinzer
Stephen Kinzer is an award-winning author and journalist who spent more than twenty years working for The New York Times, primarily as a...
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Apr 14, 202116 min read


Half In, Half Out: Biden’s Ambiguous Withdrawal from Yemen and its Human Consequences
At 8:30 a.m. on August 9, 2018, an aerial bomb fell on a school bus in a market in Yemen, killing 40 children. The explosion was so...
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Apr 8, 20215 min read


The History and Return of Press Briefings
Many administrations have entered and exited the White House in the last 100 years. However, what has remained constant over time is how...
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Mar 11, 20215 min read


How President Biden Can Defuse The Housing Crisis
President Joe Biden did not win the 2020 election because of his housing plan, but it can still dramatically improve the lives of...
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Mar 10, 20215 min read


Investigating the Political Potency of Christian Nationalism: An Interview with Andrew Whitehead
Andrew Whitehead is an Associate Professor of Sociology at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, Co-Director of the...
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Mar 1, 20215 min read


Democracy’s Undemocratic Transition of Power
As the majority of US voters celebrate President-elect Joe Biden’s seemingly convincing victory in last week’s election, political...
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Dec 9, 20207 min read


The Biden Rule and the Country’s Polarization
Judge Merrick Garland’s nomination to the US Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit in 1997 encountered similar obstacles to the ones he...
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Mar 30, 20166 min read
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