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Biden will pardon federal marijuana offenses. What will the states do?
Biden’s action could help some Democratic candidates for the House. But the real action on cannabis policy now rests with the states.
Why labor unions are more popular than they’ve been in six decades
Today’s record-low unemployment makes workers more aware of the benefits unions offer
This Labor Day comes amid the biggest jump in union activity in decades
Here’s what’s different from the past 40 years — and what’s the same
Nannie Helen Burroughs, trailblazing Black teacher and labor organizer
During Jim Crow, she forged career paths for Black girls.
The media loves ‘missing White women.’ Black women are already missing from public view.
With the latest nationwide news about Gabby Petito, Black women’s expulsion from full citizenship becomes even starker.
On Labor Day, we remember the Black women who helped win labor rights
100 years ago, Nannie Helen Burroughs launched the National Association of Wage Earners — part of her effort to integrate comprehensive labor reform into the movement for voting rights.
Memorial Day was political from the beginning. Here’s how the holiday was shaped by race and the Civil War.
The holiday was political at its founding and could be understood as political again
Did the pandemic shake Chinese citizens’ trust in their government? We surveyed nearly 20,000 people to find out.
Children walk outside the Forbidden City during the Labor Day
No, Congress won’t pass gun background checks ‘like we’ve never had before.’ Here’s why.
Who’s got the hot potato now?
Beach Reads: Jeffrey Gettleman’s ‘Love, Africa’
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Will foreign policy be a major issue in the 2016 election? Here’s what we know.
At the last two Republican debates, the looming center-stage presence
How to get paid what you're owed, in three easy steps. (Okay, maybe not so easy.)
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How to get paid what you’re owed, in three easy steps. (Okay, maybe not so easy.)
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An initial assessment of Election Lab’s House forecasts
As they did in 2010 and 2012 and may continue
It’s mostly quiet on the House front
The Republican majority in House is apparently not at-risk
Why do political campaigns tell us what their candidates have done, instead of what they are going to do?
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Why David Perdue is the favorite against Michelle Nunn in Georgia
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SOTU 2014: Another Laundry List After All
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The Media Pounds the President: Does it Matter?
President Obama's speech on Syria has received mostly harsh grades
The Economy and the Campaign
Income growth was slow through most of 2012, and prospective
What would you do to improve APSA?
'Tis the season of the American Political Science Association (APSA)
New Depths of Campaign Negativity in 2008? Not So Far
According to some political observers, the current presidential campaign is
Bridging the gulf
"Marc Ambinder":http://marcambinder.theatlantic.com/archives/2008/08/no_offense_to_political_scient.php at _The Atlantic_ blogs ... No Offense To
“When Republicans imagine attacks, they think in terms of character; when Democrats imagine attacks, they think in terms of policy and record.” Oh, really?
bq. Here's the thing—the fundamental difference between most Republican attacks
New Wisconsin Advertising Project Book
For several years, Ken Goldstein and his team at the