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Bruce Meyer on the Rise of Middle-Class Incomes

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07.01.2013
Men's Rising Earnings
via - National Review Online

Chicago Harris Student Jonathan Grabinsky to Speak at Convocation

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06.10.2013
Convocation unites tradition and creativity
via - UChicago News

Gary Project Participants Help Announce Neighborhood Revitalization Effort

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05.31.2013
Chicago grad students aid struggling steel town
via - Chicago Public Radio

Chicago CIO Leaves Government, Joins Chicago Harris

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05.29.2013
Chicago CDO to Leave Government
via - Government Technology

Boris Shor on Polarization of State Legislatures

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05.29.2013
Three Reasons Why State Polarization Is a Big Deal
via - The American Prospect

Advocates Struggle To Reach Growing Ranks Of Suburban Poor

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05.20.2013
Elizabeth Kneebone, MPP'03, a fellow with the Metropolitan Policy Program at the Brookings Institution, discusses suburban poverty.
via - NPR

Will Howell on Presidential Power

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05.18.2013
President Obama exercises a fluid grip on the levers of power
via - Washington Post

New Study Finds Kindergarten Math Lessons Too Basic

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05.16.2013
Most Math Being Taught in Kindergarten Is Old News to Students
via - Science Daily

Student Tranece Artis pens op-ed on triple negative breast cancer

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05.12.2013
How to save your mother's life
via - The Times of Northwest Indiana

Cultural Policy Center Scholars Comment on the Practice of Deaccessioning at Museums

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05.06.2013
Cash Crunch Prompts Controversial Sales At Chicago's Field Museum
via - NPR

Op-Eds

Why you should be worried about the 'random' violence

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06.26.2012
Jens Ludwig on why crime should be a greater concern among America's citizens, particularly those in Chicago.
via - Crain's Chicago Business

Teachers Unions Have a Popularity Problem

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06.04.2012
Professor William Howell and colleagues highlight how public opinion is turning against teachers unions, even among teachers themselves.
via - The Wall Street Journal

At the Heart of What Matters

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04.24.2012
Dean's International Council member Azeem Ibrahim argues that Scotland's imams should focus on the critical social issues facing today's Muslim youth, rather than injecting their religious views in an attempt to influence legislation.
via - Scotsman.com

Can the Feds Save the Housing Market?

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02.13.2012
Chicago Harris master's candidate Mark Bergen examines a new effort by the federal government to clear its books of foreclosed homes.
via - The Atlantic Cities

Cutting Medicare spending can improve health

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10.20.2011
Professor Tomas Philipson argues that the Obama administration's health care reforms need to be designed so that they improve — not compromise — health and innovation in the United States.
via - The Daily Caller

The Lies of Sarah Palin

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05.15.2011
William Howell reviews Geoffrey Dunn's recent book - a "searing indictment" of the former vice presidential candidate.
via - San Francisco Chronicle

Pakistan: The People Have Their Chance

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05.09.2011
Dean's International Council member Frank Schell suggests that now is the time for the Pakistani people themselves to wrest control of their country and build a credible government.
via - The American Spectator

Can al-Qaida survive this?

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05.03.2011
Postdoctoral Scholar Jenna Jordan examines the organizational consequences for al-Qaida of the killing of Osama bin Laden.
via - Chicago Tribune

For Obama and Libya, now the tricky part

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03.29.2011
Professor William Howell suggests that President Obama's recent speech successfully made the case for U.S. intervention in Libya, but that the terms for success must be precisely defined.
via - CNN Opinion