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A three-month-long group conversation with some of the newest American voters yields insights both worrisome and promising.
Researchers posed as constituents and emailed 3,685 legislators in 11 countries in Europe and Latin America to ask for help. Responsiveness varied by gender by up to 13 percentage points.
A quirk of mathematics gives voters in some small states, like Rhode Island and Nebraska, an extra edge over voters in other states. This happens not only in the US, but in other countries, too.
Politicians on the left and right object to this practice, which the Trump administration is championing.
The companies that make our digital devices think – and act – like they still own them, even after we’ve bought them. Are we becoming digital serfs?
Before you share another article on Facebook, consider your responsibility to make sure what you post is true.
Just ask Megyn Kelly of Fox News. Covering the Trump campaign is no picnic. But journalists have a duty to do more than write clickbait stories on the billionaire candidate.
Researchers estimate the US loses more than US$90 billion annually in corporate income tax revenues from tax loopholes and tax havens, also known as base erosion and profit shifting (BEPS). With a growing…
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Knight Professor of Journalism Ethics, Washington and Lee University
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Professor of Law, Washington and Lee University
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Professor of Politics and Law and Director of Center for International Education, Washington and Lee University
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Professor of Criminal and Comparative Law, Washington and Lee University
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Associate Professor of Accounting, Washington and Lee University
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Professor of Politics, Washington and Lee University
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Assistant Professor of Politics, Washington and Lee University
