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As the August recess approached, congressional attention was seized by a slew of unexpected agenda items. The human rights crisis revolving around unaccompanied minors crossing the border, Veterans Affairs reform and international strife abroad in Is...

The Wrong Agenda: Using the Middle Class for Political Gain

As the August recess approached, congressional attention was seized by a slew of unexpected agenda items. The human rights crisis revolving around unaccompanied minors crossing the border, Veterans Affairs reform and international strife abroad in Is...

As the battle for control of the Senate rages on, the American public grows eager for polling data to reveal which politician leads in a campaign and the likely outcome of each election. Given the people’s thirst for constant updates, many small, p...

Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics: Exploiting Midterm Data

As the battle for control of the Senate rages on, the American public grows eager for polling data to reveal which politician leads in a campaign and the likely outcome of each election. Given the people’s thirst for constant updates, many small, p...

The 113th United States Congress has earned the dubious distinction of the least popular in recent history. As recently as August 2014, Gallup measured Congress’s approval rating as a dismal 13 percent. In 2013, Public Policy Polling conducted a s...

The Filibuster: A Recipe for Continued Gridlock

The 113th United States Congress has earned the dubious distinction of the least popular in recent history. As recently as August 2014, Gallup measured Congress’s approval rating as a dismal 13 percent. In 2013, Public Policy Polling conducted a s...

On November 4th,weapon owners in Texas will be able to hit the polls using their concealed handgun licenses as voter identification — however, college students using college-issued IDs won’t have the same leisure. On September 2nd, a lawsuit file...

Sabotaging Suffrage in the Lone Star State

On November 4th,weapon owners in Texas will be able to hit the polls using their concealed handgun licenses as voter identification — however, college students using college-issued IDs won’t have the same leisure. On September 2nd, a lawsuit file...

On the surface, Senator Mary Landrieu seems to have all the strengths needed to survive as a Democrat in a red state: long experience in the Senate, the support of business interests and a storied family name. Her decades-old political machine, which...

Welcome to the Jungle

On the surface, Senator Mary Landrieu seems to have all the strengths needed to survive as a Democrat in a red state: long experience in the Senate, the support of business interests and a storied family name. Her decades-old political machine, which...

“We are not going to be talking about polar bears and butterflies,” said political strategist Chris Lehane, “We are going to be talking about how this issue of climate impacts people in their backyards, in their states, in their communities.”...

Polar Bears and Butterflies; Donkeys and Elephants

“We are not going to be talking about polar bears and butterflies,” said political strategist Chris Lehane, “We are going to be talking about how this issue of climate impacts people in their backyards, in their states, in their communities.”...

“We will respond to the threat of climate change, knowing that the failure to do so would betray our children and future generations,” President Barack Obama declared during his Second Inaugural Address on January 21, 2013. At the time unemployme...

The Rocky Path to a Green Legacy

“We will respond to the threat of climate change, knowing that the failure to do so would betray our children and future generations,” President Barack Obama declared during his Second Inaugural Address on January 21, 2013. At the time unemployme...

Politicians like data. But trends are a different story — harder to confuse and more difficult to misapply, trends can spell out dire predictions for even the most data-toting politicians. And today’s trends reveal a most moribund frontier in con...

Dire Data: When Voters Begin to Act Like Politicians

Politicians like data. But trends are a different story — harder to confuse and more difficult to misapply, trends can spell out dire predictions for even the most data-toting politicians. And today’s trends reveal a most moribund frontier in con...

“You see homes in New Mexico where you have a crucifix and a picture of JFK on the wall, and now, President Clinton,” says New Mexico State Representative Brian Egolf (D-47). While the hangings on the walls might suggest that New Mexico has becom...

There’s Still a Swing in New Mexico’s Step

“You see homes in New Mexico where you have a crucifix and a picture of JFK on the wall, and now, President Clinton,” says New Mexico State Representative Brian Egolf (D-47). While the hangings on the walls might suggest that New Mexico has becom...