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  • November 25, 2019 Ashley Thieme

    Battleground states in the 2020 election

    Less than a year out from the 2020 presidential election, 18 Democratic primary contenders remain in the field with the

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  • November 4, 2019 Madison DeLuca

    Transit incentive programs: a creative approach to emissions reduction

    Richard Thaler and Cass Sunstein’s “nudge theory” defines a nudge as “any aspect of choice architecture that alters people’s behavior

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  • October 17, 2019 Molly Newell

    Prescribing a better connection: Telehealth in Rural America

    The internet promises a world where users can instantly access information and services from anywhere, anytime. As policymakers work to

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  • September 26, 2019 Madeline Hanson

    Deal or No Deal: The Never-Ending Brexit Debate

    On June 23, 2016, UK citizens voted in favor of leaving the European Union in a now-infamous referendum. Immediately following

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October 25, 2018 Health Care / On the Issues

Health care and the midterms

With under two weeks until the 2018 midterm elections, health care has emerged as an important theme, shaping the rhetoric of both Democrats and Republicans alike. Eight years ago, Democrats lost their house majority, largely because their key legislative victory, the Patient Protection and Affordable

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October 17, 2018 Economy / On the Issues

Why has the number of publicly traded companies dropped?

You wouldn’t know it from the surging bull market, but American stock markets have shrunk by almost half companies listed over the past 20 years. According to data from the World Bank, there are fewer American companies listed on stock exchanges today than there were

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September 12, 2018 Economy / On the Issues

The Department of Agriculture’s farm-assistance payments: explained

On August 27, 2018, Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue announced the first round of direct farm-assistance payments to be released through the Trump administration’s $12 billion trade mitigation package. Arguing that these measures would serve as a stopgap until more lasting trade deals could be struck,

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September 10, 2018 Courts / On the Issues

Donald Trump’s lasting impact: reshaping the nation’s federal courts

As Republicans and Democrats battle over President Trump’s most recent Supreme Court nominee, Brett Kavanaugh, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is quietly and rapidly scheduling votes for lower court nominees without much pushback from Democrats. National interest has fixated on the nominations of Neil Gorsuch

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August 22, 2018 Elections / On the Issues

How has election polling accuracy fared in 2017 and 2018?

Donald Trump’s victory over Hillary Clinton in the 2016 presidential election defied the predictions of most well-known pollsters, who had estimated Clinton’s likelihood of winning in the 70 to 99 percent range. After Trump’s win, many headlines suggested that the polls had failed, and the

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August 20, 2018 PACs

Increasing numbers of candidates are refusing corporate PAC donations

Ever since Citizens United and its accompanying Supreme Court decisions transformed campaign spending in American elections, many candidates decided that they would be better off embracing it rather than be left behind in the fundraising arms race. “Until Republicans come to the table to discuss

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August 1, 2018 Economy / On the Issues

What is the yield curve and why are people concerned about it?

Almost a decade on from the 2008 Financial Crisis, the United States is entering one of the longest periods of continuous economic growth in recent history. While this is good news, investors and policymakers are increasingly asking: how close is the next crisis, and what

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June 29, 2018 Elections / On the Issues

The incumbency effect in the 2018 midterms

With November’s general elections four months away, both parties are gearing up for an election that might propel Democrats to a majority – or might not. The House has attracted the most attention: Democrats need to pick up only 23 Republican-held seats in the 435-seat

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May 25, 2018 Health Care / On the Issues

Is the US doing enough to combat the opioid crisis?

Each day, over 115 people die due to an opioid overdose. The opioid crisis is taking tens of thousands of American lives annually and is expected to cost the US over $1.5 trillion by 2021. Seven months after the opioid epidemic was declared a public

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