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How to Rescue Your Slumping Humanities Program
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Chronicle of Higher Education
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Colleges rebrand humanities majors as job-friendly
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The Hechinger Report
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America’s civic culture is battered but not broken
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The Hill
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January 16, 2025
Poll: Voters seek overhaul of Congress for a stronger democracy
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How to Fix America's Two-Party Problem
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September 27, 2024
To save our democracy, fix our civic culture
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The Seattle Times
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July 24, 2024
The Growing Divide in Media Coverage of Climate Change
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Brookings
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June 16, 2024
Study Reveals Increasing Polarization in Climate Change Coverage Between Elite and Heartland News Sources
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Newswise
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June 11, 2024
Environmental Impact of War and Military Motivations for Peace
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Forbes
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May 14, 2024
We need policy solutions to address the collapse of the media industry
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The Hill
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April 25, 2024
CORE Score in the Wall Street Journal
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Wall Street Journal
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March 22, 2024
Rice University hosts Academy for Discussion on Climate Action
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Rice University
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February 21, 2024
Many Americans Believe the Economy Is Rigged
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New York Times
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December 21, 2023
American democracy is cracking. These ideas could help repair it.
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Washington Post
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November 28, 2023
Opinion: Ask not what can be done with a humanities degree
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The Hechinger Report
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November 21, 2023
David Souter showed the Supreme Court how to free itself from politics
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Washington Post
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November 16, 2023
Transforming the economy around people
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Indian Country Today
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November 15, 2023
Stop Corporatizing My Students
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New York Times
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November 14, 2023
The Humanities As a Theory of Change
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Public Seminar
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November 14, 2023
How Do Humanities Majors Fare in the Work Force?
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The Chronicle of Higher Education
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November 10, 2023
Let’s Give Black World War II Vets What We Promised
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The New Republic
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November 9, 2023
US needs new way to measure and advance economic fairness, group says
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Reuters
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November 9, 2023
Here is a new way to measure — and compare — Americans’ economic wellbeing
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WGBH
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November 9, 2023
US Economy Scores Low on New Index Measuring Nation’s Well-Being
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Bloomberg
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November 9, 2023
Making an American economy that works for the people
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University of Wisconsin-Madison News
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November 7, 2023
Massachusetts should move local elections to even-numbered years
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Boston Globe
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November 1, 2023
Debunking Perceptions About Value of Humanities Degrees
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Inside Higher Ed
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October 25, 2023
Bipartisan Legal Scholars Urge Supreme Court To Impose 18-Year Term Limits
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Forbes
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October 25, 2023
US Judge, Scholars Urge Supreme Court Term Limits in Bipartisan Push
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Reuters
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October 25, 2023
Law360: New Report Champions Term Limits For Supreme Court.
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Law360
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September 27, 2023
Danielle Allen on PBS NewsHour: I’m asking the American people to claim their power.
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PBS NewsHour
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May 23, 2023
We Hit Rock Bottom on Civics Education. Can we Turn it Around?
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Washington Post