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A Balancing Act

Michael Zucker September 9, 2015

Most Republicans and moderate Democrats have supported free trade in recent years, wanting the… References and FootnotesDoris Kearns Goodwin, The Bully Pulpit: Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and the Golden Age of Journalism, Simon and Schuster, 2013, Print. ↩"Robert Reich Explains How Globalization, Technology, and Natural Resources are Reshaping Global Economy," Georgia Straight Vancouver's News & Entertainment Weekly, Oct. 4 2013, accessed August 27, 2015. ↩David Brooks, "The Democratic Tea Party," The New York Times,  June 15, 2015, accessed Aug. 25, 2015. ↩Sanders Bernie, "Senator Bernie Sanders: The Trans-Pacific Trade (TPP) Agreement Must Be Defeated,” Aug. 27, 2015. ↩Ian Bremmer, "Ian Bremmer on the Surprising Importance of the TPP," Time, Apr. 14, 2015, accessed Aug. 27, 2015. ↩Leo Gerard, "China Protects Its Workers; America Doesn't Bother," The Huffington Post, Aug. 17, 2015, accessed Aug. 27, 2015. ↩Robert Reich, "Why Getting Tough With China Won't Solve Our Jobs Problem," Sept. 10 2010, accessed Aug. 26, 2015. ↩Leo Gerard, "China Protects Its Workers; America Doesn't Bother," The Huffington Post, Aug. 17, 2015, accessed Aug. 27, 2015. ↩Robert Reich, "Why Getting Tough With China Won't Solve Our Jobs Problem," Sept. 10, 2010, accessed Aug. 26, 2015. ↩Leo Gerard, "China Protects Its Workers; America Doesn't Bother," The Huffington Post, Aug. 17, 2015, accessed Aug. 27, 2015. ↩

The Pope: Conservative or Liberal?

Joyce Chu September 9, 2015

Pope Francis is coming to town.  This will be his first trip to the U.S., and he…

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A Divisive Force

Paul Minassian September 2, 2015

Race and division have been a major element in American society and a heated topic… References and Footnotes Thought Catalog, "23 Quotes That Perfectly Explain Racism (To People Who Don’t ‘See Color’)," accessed September 2, 2015,  http://thoughtcatalog.com/erin-cossetta/2014/04/quotes-that-perfectly-explain-racism-to-people-who-dont-see-color ↩"An In-Depth Look at Public Corruption in California," California Common Sense, accessed September 2, 2015, http://cacs.org/research/depth-look-public-corruption-california ↩

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Lie-Witness Testimony

Christopher Law September 2, 2015

Today, over three hundred inmates have been released from prison after… References and Footnotes"Our Work," The Innocence Project, accessed August 30, 2015, http://www.innocenceproject.org/free-innocent. ↩Justin Rohrlich, "Why Are There Up to 120,000 Innocent People in US Prisons?” VICE News RSS, November 10, 2014, accessed September 1, 2015, https://news.vice.com/article/why-are-there-up-to-120000-innocent-people-in-us-prisons. ↩Phoebe Judge, "Jennifer Thompson," The Story, June 13, 2013, accessed August 30, 2015. ↩Marc Green, "Visual Expert Human Factors: Errors in Eyewitness Identification Procedures," accessed August 30, 2015, http://www.visualexpert.com/Resources/mistakenid.html. ↩Shoshana Guy, "Police Photo Lineups Challenged after Series of Wrongful Convictions,” NBC News, April 4, 2012, accessed August 30, 2015, http://rockcenter.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/04/04/11014568-police-photo-lineups-challenged-after-series-of-wrongful-convictions. ↩Jonah Lehrer, "How To Improve Eyewitness Testimony," Wired.com, April 15, 2012, accessed August 30, 2015, http://www.wired.com/2012/04/how-to-improve-eyewitness-testimony ↩

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The Twisted EPA

Christopher Law August 26, 2015

In early August, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) admitted… References and FootnotesMary Mallonee, "EPA Aware of ‘Blowout’ Risk for Toxic Water at Gold King Mine," CNN, August 22, 2015, accessed August 23, 2015, http://www.cnn.com/2015/08/22/us/animas-river-colorado-epa-mine-spill ↩"President Obama's Plan to Fight Climate Change," The White House, accessed August 23, 2015, https://www.whitehouse.gov/climate-change ↩Zack Colman, "Mitch McConnell Squares off against EPA Chief," Washington Examiner, April 29, 2015, accessed August 23, 2015, http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/mitch-mcconnell-squares-off-against-epa-chief/article/2563746 ↩Sara Sciammacco, "New Audit Finds EPA's Approach to Reduce Nutrient Pollution Is Ineffective," EWG, September 4, 2014, accessed August 23, 2015, http://www.ewg.org/release/new-audit-finds-epa-s-approach-reduce-nutrient-pollution-ineffective ↩ Paul Driessen, "More Bad Science from EPA," Jefferson Policy Journal RSS, April 10, 2014, accessed August 23, 2015, http://www.jeffersonpolicyjournal.com/more-bad-science-from-epa ↩"EPA Fails to Punish Corrupt Workers, Lets Them Keep Full Pay," Judicial Watch, June 12, 2015, accessed August 23, 2015, http://www.judicialwatch.org/blog/2015/06/epa-fails-to-punish-corrupt-workers-lets-them-keep-full-pay ↩Michelle Malkin, "Here's Why The EPA Could Be The Most Corrupt Agency Of The Government (And That's Saying Something)," Western Journalism, August 1, 2014, accessed August 23, 2015. ↩John Vidal,  "The Great Green Land Grab," The Guardian, February 13, 2008, accessed August 23, 2015, http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2008/feb/13/conservation. ↩

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Front and Center: Climate Change

Paul Minassian August 26, 2015

The election cycle seems to be in full swing as the summertime… References and FootnotesInterview Excerpt, “The Hard Line with Larry Bell.” ↩National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Monthly Report, July 2015. ↩"Climate Change Evidence: How Do We Know?" Climate Change: Vital Signs of the Planet, accessed August 26, 2015, http://climate.nasa.gov/evidence ↩ Jordan Weissmann, "America's Most Obvious Tax Reform Idea: Kill the Oil and Gas Subsidies," The Atlantic, March 19, 2013, accessed August 26, 2015, http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2013/03/americas-most-obvious-tax-reform-idea-kill-the-oil-and-gas-subsidies/274121 ↩Al. Gore, An Inconvenient Truth: The Planetary Emergency of Global Warming and What We Can Do About It. New York: Rodale Press, 2006, 126. ↩