In Iowa, almost 40 percent of residents can’t afford the basic cost of living. That was the setting for the 2018 midterm elections, where rural voters are suffering along with their communities.
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Conservative skeptics of climate change may support projects focused on ‘resilience’ – for example, preparing a community for future major weather events.
There are some good explanations for the mismatch between regional support for climate action and the areas where renewable energy is making the biggest inroads.
Many people who live near large-scale livestock farms complain about noxious smells, air and water pollution and health risks. With little help from regulators, they are turning to lawsuits.
Standardized test scores drive many of our decisions about students, teachers and school districts. But research shows that the results are highly predictable, in a bad way.
Every American shoots off almost a pound of fireworks a year, on average, and their growing personal use is causing injuries to climb.
Our global newsroom responds to the first results in the US presidential election. We hear from scholars in the UK, US, Australia and France.
Religious right winger Ted Cruz has won the Republican Iowa Caucuses with 27.7% of the votes, to 24.3% for Donald Trump and 23.1% for the establishment favourite Marco Rubio. Ben Carson was a distant fourth…
Iowa has voted. Here’s how things look heading into New Hampshire.
The unfolding information about the Zika virus and saddening images of babies infected with microcephaly should really scare us all. The disease has spread “explosively” throughout the Americas, with 32…
Media agencies are fascinated with polls because until there is an election, they have to report something.
Get up to speed on the first-in-the nation voting which takes place on February 1.
Every four years Iowa begins the presidential nomination process with the Iowa Caucuses. The start of caucus season is also the start of complaints by those who object to Iowa going first in the nomination…
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Professor of Sociology, Iowa State University
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Lead Academic Teacher - Politics & Social Science (Swinburne Online), Swinburne University of Technology
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Professor of Law, Drake University
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Election Analyst (Psephologist) at The Conversation; and Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Melbourne
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Docteure en science politique, Learning Planet Institute (LPI)
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Professor of International Affairs, Penn State
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Professor in International Politics, City, University of London
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Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Oregon
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Associate Professor of Markets, Public Policy and Law, Boston University
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Associate Professor, Political Science, Emory University
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Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Iowa
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Humanities Dean and Professor, University of California, Los Angeles
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Assistant Professor of Applied Environmental Health , University of Maryland
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Associate Professor of Education Leadership Management and Policy, Seton Hall University
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