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Announcing the Legacies Project: Learning from Historically Black Colleges and Universities

For too long, higher education and other American institutions have excluded minority groups from full participation in U.S. society. Early Civil...
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Meet the SSN Graduate Fellows for 2015-16

Regional and working groups in the Scholars Strategy Network choose a graduate student fellow each year. Our fourth class includes twenty young women...
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Will the Supreme Court Re-Ignite the Health Reform Wars?

With the Affordable Care Act working surprisingly well, conflicts have cooled a bit. But if the Supreme Court eliminates insurance subsidies for...
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The Supreme Court Issues Historic Decisions

Late June brings decisions from the Supreme Court – and June 2015 will long be remembered for blockbuster pronouncements. Writing for the media or...
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Meet the SSN Graduate Fellows for 2014-15

Regional groups in the Scholars Strategy Network choose a graduate student fellow each year. Our third class includes fifteen young women and men...
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Meet the SSN Graduate Fellows for 2013-14

Regional groups in the Scholars Strategy Network choose a graduate student fellow each year. Our second class includes thirteen young women and men...
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Goaded by the Tea Party, Republicans Turn to Extortion

The Republican-led House of Representatives has shut down the federal government and threatens to push the U.S. into default – unless Democrats agree...
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Meet the SSN Graduate Fellows for 2012-13

Every regional group in the Scholars Strategy Network chooses a graduate student fellow each year. Our first class includes a dozen young women and...
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Choosing America's Future - An Election that Matters

With Democrats and Republicans pointing in opposite directions, the choices U.S. voters make on November 6, 2012 will help set the nation's course at...
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The High Stakes for Health Care in Election 2012

Should the United States expand health coverage and prod the system toward greater efficiency? Or should government retrench and unleash market forces...