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In the wake of a calamitous election that was a wholesale rebuke of the Democratic Party writ large, a lot of confusion has emerged. Should the Democrats move left to try to compete in this new world?

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“Just do what’s popular!” is a common refrain you hear from the center-left Democratic establishment in the wake of their loss to Donald Trump. Bloggers read by the White House like Matt Yglesias have ...

Politics is ubiquitous but often unseen or misunderstood. This course introduces students to key ideas and practices that constitute modern politics, providing them with the concepts and language to ...

Understanding the root causes and possible solutions for rising political violence Violence has become an unwelcome reality in American politics – from this weekend’s murders in Minnesota to the ...

The other day, while we were unpacking groceries, my 12-year-old asked, “Wait… can a president just stay president if they don’t want to leave?” She’d overheard something about how President Trump ...

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