Why More Americans Should Visit the Offices of Members of Congress
Recently, I conducted an informal survey. I asked 10 friends and professional colleagues whether they had ever visited the office of their member of
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How Much Attention is the Public Paying to Abortion?
We published a blog post yesterday on attention paid to abortion in recent months. It has been updated here to reflect the news of a leaked memo on
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Libraries Should Be Third Places
As a professor, libraries are sacred spaces to me. Their varied architecture, histories, connections to their respective locales, and the fact that
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Cancel Culture Is Real in Higher Education. But Its Degree Does Vary Significantly
University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth Professor Lucas Mann recently argued in a piece for Slate that he has “never seen classrooms like mine in the
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Social Issue Scorecard: The 2022 Elections
On April 22, Election Day 2022 will be 200 days away. A lot can happen, of course, but here’s a quick look at some social issues that may motivate
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Requiring Majority Winners for Congressional Elections: A Q&A with Ned Foley
Most elections for Congress feature a general election with a Democrat and a Republican who previously were picked by partisan primaries. These
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Americans do not want to return to urban living
The Census Bureau recently released data on domestic migration that took place during the COVID-19 pandemic, and their findings were heavily covered
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Unmasking polls on masks
On March 25, Hawaii will become the 50th and final state to lift indoor mask requirements. Other mandates still exist. The Transportation Security
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The New York Times is right that America has a free speech problem. But they missed a big part of the story.
Despite being one of the nation’s papers of record, The New York Times’ reporting and editorials have been lacking in viewpoint diversity for
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Obamacare at 12
In a Breitbart News interview recently, Senator Ron Johnson (R-WI) said that if the Republicans win control of the White House, the Senate, and the
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American attitudes about nuclear power after the Russian invasion
It’s a safe bet that the 1986 nuclear accident at Chernobyl wasn’t on Americans’ radar screens until the bullets started flying and Russian
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Saving daylight in our legislative process
In what has become a familiar annual ritual, as we turned our clocks forward to make the switch from standard time to daylight saving time (DST)
Jews: Still the educational exception
Education has long been the top priority in the Jewish community, so much so that the Shulchan Aruch, a 16th-century code of Jewish law, famously
Nonpartisan redistricting in California: A Q&A with Sara Sadhwani
California recently finalized its redistricting map. The state lost one seat after the 2020 Census, but the Golden State still will send a whopping
Lived experience is only acceptable for some
University of Virginia student Emma Camp recently penned an important essay in the New York Times where she talked about her time at Mr.