Republicans are pressing for policy changes based on a misconception that hardly anyone who gets help buying groceries with Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits is employed.
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A newly approved trade deal could be an opportunity to return Northern Ireland’s political attention to pressing issues of health care, housing, energy costs and inflation.
Compared with past midterms, voter turnout among young people jumped in 2022 – but it was still below 30%.
Voter demographics and policy priorities are two recurrent, big issues on Election Day – but shifts in election administration and voting laws are new challenges influencing the midterms.
When registered voters who move get help reregistering to vote in their new locations, they are more likely to cast a ballot at the next election.
Americans’ political affiliations and views on key issues vary a lot by age. When fewer young people vote, winning candidates and policies may not reflect their views.
Starting college after finishing high school is an exciting phase of a student’s life. But students need to prepare for the new challenges college brings.
The effort to give every student equal access to an education has lasted decades and may need even more time before the goal is reached.
In middle school classes, students from lower-income families tended to be concentrated in just a few classrooms, new research from North Carolina has found.
Scholars discuss the meaning of Ketanji Brown Jackson’s elevation to the highest court in the land.
President Joe Biden’s nominee for the US Supreme Court withstood four days of hearings and was confirmed to become the first Black woman to serve on the nation’s highest court.
Congress is working on a spending bill to avert another government shutdown. Scholars explain what’s in store if they fail.
Candidates: Be careful what you wish for.
Experts explain the recent history behind the rare public outpouring of anger in Cuba.
This infusion of funds will help struggling child care providers and support parents who have to exit the workforce to care for their kids.
The dire conditions that brought waves of Cubans to the US in the 1980s and 1990s are again escalating on the communist island, provoked by Trump-era sanctions and the COVID-19 pandemic.
Donald Trump’s ticket to the White House was a coarse version of populism. Will his successors in the GOP be different – or simply present a more polished version of his antagonistic rhetoric?
Kindergarten enrollment dropped 16% this year, according to an NPR survey of 60 school districts across 20 states.
A set of efforts that registered 800,000 new voters since 2018 may have been the key to Georgia turning blue in a presidential election for the first time since 1992.
Les résultats d’une enquête récente montrent que la participation électorale des Noirs américains de moins de 30 ans aura un rôle déterminant dans la présidentielle américaine.
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Associate Professor of Public Administration and Policy, American University School of Public Affairs
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Adjunct Professorial Lecturer, American University School of Public Affairs
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Assistant Professor of Government, American University School of Public Affairs
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Professor of Government and Director of the Center for Congressional and Presidential Studies, American University School of Public Affairs
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Professor of Government, American University School of Public Affairs
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Professorial Lecturer, Department of Justice, Law & Criminology, American University School of Public Affairs
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Ph.D. Candidate in Public Administration and Policy, American University School of Public Affairs
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PhD Student in Public Administration and Policy, American University School of Public Affairs
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Assistant Professor, Department of Government, American University School of Public Affairs
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Director, Project on Civil Discourse, American University School of Public Affairs
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PhD. Candidate, Political Science, American University School of Public Affairs
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Research Fellow, American University School of Public Affairs
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Assistant Professor of Government, American University School of Public Affairs
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Professor of Public Administration and Policy, American University School of Public Affairs
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Professor of Government, American University School of Public Affairs
