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May 3, 2023
Eric Liu on NPR: We Need to Create a Culture of Connection
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April 26, 2023
The next level of AI is approaching. Our democracy isn't ready.
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April 23, 2023
Is the House "the body of the people?"
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April 15, 2023
Pros and Cons of Expanding the House
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Congressional Digest
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April 14, 2023
Danielle Allen on The Ezra Klein Show: Democracy is the work of restoring power sharing
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February 28, 2023
The House was Supposed to Grow with the Population. It didn’t. Let’s fix that.
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Washington Post
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January 31, 2023
Danielle Allen: America is in a ‘Great Pulling Apart’. Can we pull together?
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Washington Post
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October 25, 2022
See how your votes aren’t equal
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CNN
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October 13, 2022
It shouldn’t matter so much whether Elon Musk buys Twitter
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California students are losers when it comes to arts. Voters can change that
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L.A. Times
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How social media has undermined our constitutional architecture
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The Washington Post
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Connecting Communities: Libraries as Invisible Infrastructure
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NLC - National League of Cities
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High school students’ interest in humanities outpaces other subjects
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K-12 Dive
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Remaining monolingual is a surefire way for America to fall behind
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The Hill
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Humanities Graduate Education Is Shrinking
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Inside Higher Ed
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How to solve AI’s inequality problem
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MIT Technology Review
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How Artists Can Lead a Pandemic Recovery
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Bloomberg CityLab
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Are Video Games Like Novels?
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JSTOR Daily
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Fact-Based Courts, but What Facts?
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JSTOR Daily
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Should we expand the House of Representatives? The Founders thought so
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The Hill
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Philanthropy Can Help Build a Thriving Democracy by Building Up Programs and Places That Fuel Civic Involvement
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The Chronicle of Philanthropy
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December 9, 2021
One way to reform the House of Representatives? Expand it.
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Washington Post
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A Call to Restore the Presidential Committee on the Arts and the Humanities
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House.gov
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The number of college graduates in the humanities drops for the eighth consecutive year
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The Hechinger Report
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Reflecting on Native American Heritage Month
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MIT Press
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Humanities Graduates Are Happy With Their Lives
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Inside Higher Ed
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U.S. humanities graduates feel unprepared for life beyond college
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Times Higher Education
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Use infrastructure dollars to support our democracy
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The Hill
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The case for arts education is strong. Our commitment should be, too.
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Chicago Tribune
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The U.S. and International Science
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UNC Research
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A Second Look at the Administrative State: Deconstruction as Reassessment
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Jotwell
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The Adjunct Problem Is a Data Problem
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The Chronicle of Higher Education