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Partisanship at its Worst

Michael Zucker January 19, 2016

In December 2015, President Obama and Congress will… References and Footnotes"Planned Parenthood at a Glance," Planned Parenthood at a Glance, Oct. 9, 2015. ↩Charles Cooke, "Dear GOP Leaders, Stop Being Cowards on the Abortion Fight," National Review, Jan. 22, 2015. ↩"Pregnancy: The Three Trimesters," Oct.10, 2015. ↩ Jeffery Toobin, “The Nine: Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court,”Anchor, 2008. ↩ “Americans Agree With Banning ‘Partial-Birth Abortion,’" Gallup.com, Oct. 10, 2015. ↩Michelle Ye He Lee, "Does Obamacare Provide Federal Subsidies for Elective Abortions?" Washington Post, Jan. 26, 2015. ↩Steve Almacy, "Planned Parenthood Exec, Fetal Body Parts in Video,” CNN, July 15, 2015. ↩

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Prioritizing Our Communities

Greg Brand December 23, 2015

The late 1970s ushered in a new, post-industrial economic development model… References and FootnotesCasper-Futterman, Evan. “Back to (Non)Basics: Worker Cooperatives as Economic Development.” Berkeley Planning Journal: 24(1). 2011. ↩Newark, New Jersey 2012-2013 Community Needs Assessment. The Center for Collaborative Change. 2013.S ↩Casper-Futterman 2011. ↩Ibid. ↩Ibid ↩Ibid ↩

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Voting Out: The Electoral College

Christopher Law December 23, 2015

The United States is currently exercising the… References and FootnotesJimmy Soni, "What Is The Electoral College? How It Works And Why It Matters," The Huffington Post, November 6, 2012, Accessed September 13, 2015, http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/06/what-is-the-electoral-college_n_2078970.html ↩Richard Posner, “In Defense of the Electoral College," Slate, accessed September 13, 2015, http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/view_from_chicago/2012/11/defending_the_electoral_college.html ↩ John Samples, "In Defense of the Electoral College," Cato Institute, November 10, 2000, accessed September 13, 2015, http://www.cato.org/publications/commentary/defense-electoral-college. ↩Nate Silver, "Would Al Gore Have Won in 2000 Without the Electoral College?" The New York Times, September 20, 2011, accessed September 13, 2015, http://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/09/20/would-al-gore-have-won-in-2000-without-the-electoral-college/?_r=0. ↩Markn Baldassare, Dean Bonner, David Kordus, and Lunna Lopes, "California Voter and Party Profiles,"PPIC Publication, August 1, 2015, accessed September 13, 2015, http://www.ppic.org/main/publication_show.asp?i=526. ↩Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, August 11, 2015, accessed September 13, 2015, http://www.cdc.gov/minorityhealth/populations/remp.html. ↩Jason Easley, "Racist Chickens Come Home To Roost As Donald Trump Leads The GOP In New Poll," Politicus USA, July 9, 2015, accessed September 13, 2015, http://www.politicususa.com/2015/07/09/republicans-flipping-donald-trump-leads-gop-poll.html. ↩Jennifer Agiesta, "Donald Trump Tops 30%" CNN, September 10, 2015, accessed September 13, 2015, http://www.cnn.com/2015/09/10/politics/donald-trump-ben-carson-cnn-poll ↩Rick Ungar, "Trump Throws Constitution And 14th Amendment Under The Bus," Forbes, August 19, 2015, accessed September 13, 2015, http://www.forbes.com/sites/rickungar/2015/08/19/trump-throws-constitution-and-14th-amendment-under-the-bus ↩

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Purchasing a President

Diane Abayan December 23, 2015

President Obama is nearing the end of his term, and accordingly the media… References and Footnotes"Super PAC Spending,” LA Times, accessed August 18, 2015 ↩"The 'Citizens United' Decision and Why It Matters," Center for Public Integrity, October 18, 2012, accessed August 19, 2015, http://www.publicintegrity.org/2012/10/18/11527/citizens-united-decision-and-why-it-matters. ↩

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Choosing the Voters

Michael Zucker November 25, 2015

In recent years, Congress has passed very few pieces of… References and FootnotesThomas Friedman, "Our Democracy Is at Stake," The New York Times, Oct. 1, 2013. ↩"What Is Gerrymandering?" YouTube, May 11, 2015. ↩Christopher Ingraham, "One Easy Way to End Gerrymandering: Stop Letting Politicians Draw Their Own Districts," Washington Post, June 2, 2014. ↩"What Is Gerrymandering?" YouTube, May 11, 2015. ↩Christopher Ingraham, "One Easy Way to End Gerrymandering: Stop Letting Politicians Draw Their Own Districts," Washington Post, June 2, 2014. ↩