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By Michael Tamayo “It will arise from the ashes.” It seems fitting that Detroit’s city motto involves rebirth from ruin. Detroit’s long-chronicled decline finally culminated in July 2013, when it became the largest American city in history to...

How to Save the City

By Michael Tamayo “It will arise from the ashes.” It seems fitting that Detroit’s city motto involves rebirth from ruin. Detroit’s long-chronicled decline finally culminated in July 2013, when it became the largest American city in history to...

In the years after the Vietnam War ended, Americans were said to have suffered “Vietnam syndrome,” a cultural condition that led to averseness to war. Today, the American public has been defined by the advent of terrorism, which has produced a si...

America Diagnosed

In the years after the Vietnam War ended, Americans were said to have suffered “Vietnam syndrome,” a cultural condition that led to averseness to war. Today, the American public has been defined by the advent of terrorism, which has produced a si...

By Adam Bouche Politicians have a difficult time grasping the scientific method. All too frequently, scientific knowledge and research is hastily dismissed during the formulation of policy. At a time when 84 percent of the public believes that scienc...

Test, Retest, Legislate

By Adam Bouche Politicians have a difficult time grasping the scientific method. All too frequently, scientific knowledge and research is hastily dismissed during the formulation of policy. At a time when 84 percent of the public believes that scienc...

By Emma Dickson On the night of his reelection on November 7, 2012, President Barack Obama referred to Vice President Joe Biden as “America’s Happy Warrior.”  Many Americans know Biden as a veteran negotiator who has been forgiven for many mor...

Playing Second Fiddle

By Emma Dickson On the night of his reelection on November 7, 2012, President Barack Obama referred to Vice President Joe Biden as “America’s Happy Warrior.”  Many Americans know Biden as a veteran negotiator who has been forgiven for many mor...

Despite the United States’ sizable standing army and worldwide military presence, a distinct divide remains in the country between the military and general society. Pew Research Center reports that only 33% of Americans age 18-29 have family who ha...

Operating in the Dark: Military and Society

Despite the United States’ sizable standing army and worldwide military presence, a distinct divide remains in the country between the military and general society. Pew Research Center reports that only 33% of Americans age 18-29 have family who ha...

It seems that almost everyone is disappointed with October’s government shutdown. Tea Party sympathizers are unhappy that their strategy didn’t work, establishment Republicans are upset they tried that strategy at all, and Democrats and moder...

Legislating on the Brink

It seems that almost everyone is disappointed with October’s government shutdown. Tea Party sympathizers are unhappy that their strategy didn’t work, establishment Republicans are upset they tried that strategy at all, and Democrats and moder...

We’re not yet in the year 2014 (and an election season that will determine the composition of Congress for the remainder of President Obama’s second term,) nonetheless talk of 2016 presidential nominees is popping up on the left and right. Re...

Taking a Look at 2016

We’re not yet in the year 2014 (and an election season that will determine the composition of Congress for the remainder of President Obama’s second term,) nonetheless talk of 2016 presidential nominees is popping up on the left and right. Re...

The story of cities since the end of WWII was the story of wealth fleeing the center for the suburbs.  In the 60s and 70s, many cities, like New York City, were in terrible financial shape.  Many suburbs, on the other hand, became very rich like We...

Could Inside Llewyn Davis Happen Today?

The story of cities since the end of WWII was the story of wealth fleeing the center for the suburbs.  In the 60s and 70s, many cities, like New York City, were in terrible financial shape.  Many suburbs, on the other hand, became very rich like We...