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The New York Times branded him the “main contender for New York’s most-embarrassing-candidate-of-the-year award,” and The Daily Show made him the butt of several jokes, yet Representative Michael Grimm of New York’s 11th district seems set to...

A Wildcard Race in Staten Island

The New York Times branded him the “main contender for New York’s most-embarrassing-candidate-of-the-year award,” and The Daily Show made him the butt of several jokes, yet Representative Michael Grimm of New York’s 11th district seems set to...

It is becoming clear that Ohio’s status as a swing state is coming into question; the Republican Party has made active and deliberate choices to invest in Ohio and woo it away from Democrats, while the Democratic Party has been noticeably absent fo...

Why Don’t Democrats Care About Ohio?

It is becoming clear that Ohio’s status as a swing state is coming into question; the Republican Party has made active and deliberate choices to invest in Ohio and woo it away from Democrats, while the Democratic Party has been noticeably absent fo...

In February 2014, Noah Bryson Mamet told the Senate’s Foreign Relations Committee that he had never been to Argentina. He was speaking at his appointment hearing to become the American ambassador to that very country. Mamet raised over $500,000 for...

Ambassadorship for Sale

In February 2014, Noah Bryson Mamet told the Senate’s Foreign Relations Committee that he had never been to Argentina. He was speaking at his appointment hearing to become the American ambassador to that very country. Mamet raised over $500,000 for...

Two days after The New York Times published an article detailing the repeated attempts of Cubans to reach the United States, the newspaper’s Editorial Board wrote an editorial arguing that President Obama should end the embargo on Cuba. As the news...

End the Cuban Embargo: Does it Mean Anything?

Two days after The New York Times published an article detailing the repeated attempts of Cubans to reach the United States, the newspaper’s Editorial Board wrote an editorial arguing that President Obama should end the embargo on Cuba. As the news...

Art by Ben Berke If a win-win situation ever existed in politics, the Rhode Island governor’s race might be it. Both candidates — Republican Allan Fung, mayor of Cranston, and Democrat Gina Raimondo, Rhode Island’s General Treasurer — are mem...

The Rhode to the Governor’s Mansion

Art by Ben Berke If a win-win situation ever existed in politics, the Rhode Island governor’s race might be it. Both candidates — Republican Allan Fung, mayor of Cranston, and Democrat Gina Raimondo, Rhode Island’s General Treasurer — are mem...

As Colorado adjusts to the many changes brought about by the legalization of marijuana, supporters and skeptics across the country continue to scrutinize the effects of legal pot. While there have certainly been benefits — the drug is a green gold ...

Disjointed Progress

As Colorado adjusts to the many changes brought about by the legalization of marijuana, supporters and skeptics across the country continue to scrutinize the effects of legal pot. While there have certainly been benefits — the drug is a green gold ...

It’s no secret that the United States has a prison problem: astronomically large incarcerated populations, soaring recidivism rates, a disproportionate number of non-white prisoners — the list of maladies goes on and on. But true to form, Washing...

Tort Reform is the New Black

It’s no secret that the United States has a prison problem: astronomically large incarcerated populations, soaring recidivism rates, a disproportionate number of non-white prisoners — the list of maladies goes on and on. But true to form, Washing...

Despite the intense scrutiny of the health care debate sparked by the Affordable Care Act (ACA), Americans have overlooked a simmering problem. Over the past three decades in cities all across the country, a movement towards hospital consolidation ha...

Dr. Monopoly

Despite the intense scrutiny of the health care debate sparked by the Affordable Care Act (ACA), Americans have overlooked a simmering problem. Over the past three decades in cities all across the country, a movement towards hospital consolidation ha...

Since Sputnik kicked off the space race, humans have steadily littered Earth’s orbit with derelict satellites, spent rocket stages and bits of space projects gone awry. Burgeoning space industries, private and public, only continue to add to the ev...

The Atmospheric Wasteland

Since Sputnik kicked off the space race, humans have steadily littered Earth’s orbit with derelict satellites, spent rocket stages and bits of space projects gone awry. Burgeoning space industries, private and public, only continue to add to the ev...

South Dakota might have one Washington on Mount Rushmore, but North Dakota has pockets lined with Benjamins. The state is experiencing an unprecedented period of economic growth and prosperity due to its booming oil industry — big enough to produce...

Bringing Home the Bakken

South Dakota might have one Washington on Mount Rushmore, but North Dakota has pockets lined with Benjamins. The state is experiencing an unprecedented period of economic growth and prosperity due to its booming oil industry — big enough to produce...