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Democrat-Led States Tended to Have Stronger Response to COVID-19, Which...
SWHELPER BINGHAMTON, N.Y. — States with Democratic leaders tended to have responded more strongly to COVID-19 and have seen a lower rate of the spread of the virus, according to new research led by...
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Challenging Assumptions About the Use of Contraception by U.S. Muslim Women
Henna Budhwani By Henna Budhwani and Kristine Ria Hearld Contraception is complicated. Reproductive health scholars can comfortably weigh the protective benefits of condom use compared to the...
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The Case for Ending the Anonymity of Egg & Sperm Donations in the United States
Diane M. Tober Egg and sperm donations in the United States have long proceeded under the cloak of secrecy. Twenty-five years ago, when I first started interviewing patients who used donors to conceive...
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How Focusing on Teen Pregnancy as a Personal Moral Failing Deepens Social...
Clare Daniel In the 1980s and 1990s, concerns about teen pregnancy voiced by policymakers and pundits helped garner support for welfare reform – as the public reached a consensus that teen pregnancy...
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The “Money in Politics” Debate and Effective Ways to Improve Local Democracy...
Brian Adams Ideally, local governments as the smallest jurisdictions in the American political system allow citizens to engage in a direct and substantive way. Local elections are one way this happens,...
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U.S. Gun Violence Increased 30% During COVID-19 Pandemic
SWHELPER Gun violence increased by more than 30% in the United States during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new study by Penn State College of Medicine researchers. The researchers said that...
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Why Independent Redistricting Commissions Should Draw Electoral District Maps
Peter Miller The drawing and redrawing of electoral districts – which happens every ten years after the Census – is a hotly contested ritual in American politics. At the center of these disputes is...
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How Inequality and Politics Influence Government Responses to Natural Disasters
Fernado Tormos By Fernando Tormos, Gustavo García-López, and Mary Angelica Painter After a hurricane strikes, governments and electric utility companies go to work restoring a sense of normalcy to...
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Police Training Needs Urgent Reforms, New Report from American University...
SWHELPER The instructional models that are used to train police officers across the U.S. at the academy, in-service, mid-rank, and leadership levels are in many cases antiquated, inadequate, and in...
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Why Growing Urban Inequality is as Much About White Affluence as Minority...
Taylor Shelton American cities have long been unequal places – with big class and racial gaps that often overlap. Residents of particular neighborhoods often experience many severe deprivations all at...
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Why Performance-Based Funding Fails to Improve College Graduation Rates – and...
Elizabeth Bell The number of students who enroll in college and take on debt without receiving a college degree is striking. Of all students enrolled in America’s public four-year universities, less...
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Permanent Twitter Ban of Extremist Influencers Can Detoxify Social Media
SWHELPER Banning right-wing extremists from social media can reduce the spread of anti-social ideas and conspiracy theories, according to Rutgers-led research. The study, published in the journal...
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The Partisan Gap Among Women in Elective Office in 2020 and Beyond
Laurel Elder The 2020 elections saw robust gains for Republican women in state legislatures and Congress. Republican women increased their numbers from 13 to 31 in the U.S. House of Representatives,...
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Why State Spending on Higher Education May Not Improve the Economy in Many...
William Milton Bowen In recent years, the idea of tuition-free colleges and universities in the United States has made its way into mainstream political debates. In many ways, this idea makes good...
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Researchers Quantify the Role of the Pandemic in the 2020 U.S. Elections
SWHELPER In the media, a prevalent narrative is that Donald Trump lost the 2020 elections because of the way he handled the COVID-19 pandemic. Several researchers determined that Trump would have won...
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What the U.S. Government Can Do to Address Energy Insecurity
Sanya Carley By Sanya Carley and David M. Konisky Energy insecurity—defined as the inability to pay one’s energy bill or avoid utility disconnection—is a pervasive and growing problem in the United...
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New Preschool Program in Oregon is a Model for the Nation—But Challenges Remain
Mary King By Mary King and Lisa Dodson In November 2020, voters in Multnomah County, home to the city of Portland, resoundingly approved the creation of a new, universal preschool program—a program...
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How Environmental Policies Can Promote Economic Growth
David Vogel The Trump administration had been working hard to roll back the nation’s environmental regulations on the grounds that they are an economic burden on business. But evidence from California...
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How American Cities Can Promote Urban Agriculture
Lewis Bivona In his original plan for the city of Philadelphia, William Penn declared that every home should have ample space “for gardens or orchards or fields, that it may be a green country that...
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Hate Sites Using the Wider Abortion Argument to Spread Racism and Extremism
SWHELPER White supremacists are using the debate around women’s reproductive rights to promote racist and extremist agendas, finds a new study released today – following news on Friday that millions of...
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