Pennsylvania’s metro economies: A 2016 election profile
With the GOP convention now in the electoral rearview mirror, attention is pivoting quickly from Ohio to Pennsylvania as the Democrats kick off their own ...
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Building support for DC statehood—DC's best hope for democracy
Voters in the District won’t just be voting for president in November: they will also be voting on their future as a state, thanks to ...
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Ohio’s metro economies: A 2016 election profile
Election watchers will turn toward Ohio next week, when the 2016 Republican National Convention commences in Cleveland. While there is no shortage of national (and ...
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Convention cities make exemplary stages to discuss America's racial divide
Events of the last week have made Cleveland, site of next week’s Republican National Convention, and Philadelphia, site of the following week’s Democratic National Convention, ...
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American attitudes toward Muslims and Islam
With the violence in the Middle East continuing, and further attacks on American soil in the name of Islam, the election campaigns have paid significant ...
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What is the role of government in a modern economy? The case of Australia
Australia's economic performance has been the standout among advanced economies for several decades. With economic growth at nearly twice the pace of US or Germany ...
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Trump and China
Trade with China has led to the loss of manufacturing jobs in the United States and put downward pressure on wages for blue-collar jobs here ...
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The Brexit wave: will it be repeated here in the U.S.?
British voters just sent shock waves through the American political establishment by voting to leave the European Union. The vote was a dramatic rejection of ...
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ESSA could face an uphill battle whether Clinton or Trump wins
Senator Lamar Alexander hailed ESSA as a means to return power to the states, but neither Hillary Clinton nor Donald Trump seems quite convinced ...
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Taiwan’s 2016 election and prospects for the Tsai administration
Event Information June 8, 2016
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Dominican Republic opts for continuity
On 15 May the Dominican Republic held its most complex elections since 1994. On this occasion, not only were the president and vice president ...
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Tsai’s inauguration in Taiwan: It could have been worse
Taiwan’s new president, Tsai Ing-wen, was inaugurated on May 20—a hot and humid day in Taipei, where I witnessed the festivities. The inauguration ceremony ...
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