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From:NACLA Report on the Americas (Vol. 44, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedON NEW YEAR'S DAY, DILMA ROUSSEFF became the first woman to assume the presidency of Brazil. An economist and longtime political activist, Rousseff, 63, defeated her center-right opponent with 56% of the vote in a...
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From:The Chronicle of Higher Education (Vol. 54, Issue 20)Byline: ALEXANDRA SUICH Kenya's election on December 27 was widely expected to be the closest presidential race in the country's history, and everyone in the Nairobi polling station where I stood wanted to make sure...
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From:The Chronicle of Philanthropy (Vol. 29, Issue 2)THE RESULTS of the presidential election came as a surprise or even as a shock to many Americans, but for those working in the nonprofit world, the election of Donald Trump to the presidency has provoked considerable...
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From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 9, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedAuthor(s): Michael Szell 1,*, Sébastian Grauwin 1,2,3, Carlo Ratti 1 Introduction One of the great challenges in the social sciences is the measurement and quantification of the hidden, statistical rules behind...
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From:Metro Magazine (Issue 194) Peer-ReviewedOriginally intending to chronicle the journey of American presidential candidate Ben Carson, writer/director Luke Walker instead found himself capturing the complexities of US electoral fundraising. Elizabeth Flux...
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From:Information Today (Vol. 34, Issue 3)Last fall's presidential election campaign was marked by extraordinary division and acrimony, and not just between the candidates. It was Democrats versus Republicans, city versus country, and East and West coasts...
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From:Political Science Quarterly (Vol. 113, Issue 3) Peer-ReviewedMedia coverage regarding Bob Dole's age and health was most prominent during the 1996 presidential elections. Despite the increased longevity of Americans, the inability of presidents to finish their term of office is...
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From:Presidential Studies Quarterly (Vol. 40, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedIn 2008, both Barack Obama and John McCain repeatedly talked about "reform" and "change" on the campaign trail, presumably believing that voters would respond to a president who could challenge the established way of...
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From:Insight Turkey (Vol. 16, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedLike all long political years, the year 2014 did not begin on January 1st; rather, 2014politically began at the end of May with the Taksim events. Nevertheless, the year may end on an optimistic note. It could be said...
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From:Healthcare Financial Management (Vol. 72, Issue 8) Peer-ReviewedIn 2013, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) introduced a "Medicare for All" bill that would institute a government-run national health insurance system. He didn't get a single cosponsor. In striking contrast, when Sanders...
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From:The Chronicle of Higher Education (Vol. 66, Issue 21)CAMPUSES ARE POLITICAL SPACES. For proof, look to the Democratic primaries for the 2020 presidential election. At universities, candidates have rallied undergraduates, debated policy, and taken selfies, aiming to break...
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From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 5, Issue 7) Peer-ReviewedBackground According to the body-specificity hypothesis, people with different bodily characteristics should form correspondingly different mental representations, even in highly abstract conceptual domains. In a...
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From:American Libraries (Vol. 52, Issue 3-4)The week before the 2020 US presidential election, ALA's Executive Board issued a statement of solidarity with the library community, acknowledging the unrest and uncertainty that led up to Election Day. "Despite the...
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From:Presidential Studies Quarterly (Vol. 44, Issue 3) Peer-ReviewedLike all but three presidents since the end of the Second World War, Barack Obama was reelected in 2012. (1) Obama triumphed over Republican challenger Mitt Romney by 332-206 in the Electoral College and by 51 to 47% in...
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From:Financial Executive (Vol. 28, Issue 10) Peer-ReviewedThe year 2012, a presidential election year, had been destined to be all about politics with little policymaking in the nation's capital. The growing concern over the so-called "fiscal cliff," or combined tax increases...
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From:The Chronicle of Higher Education (Vol. 54, Issue 23)Byline: BECKIE SUPIANO In the earliest voting states, students were playing a major role in shaping the direction of the 2008 presidential campaign, turning out in record numbers. On Super Tuesday last week, when...
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From:Journal of American Ethnic History (Vol. 28, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed
Forum: German Americans and their relations with African Americans during the mid-nineteenth century
INTRODUCTION THE TOPIC OF THIS forum is one that has seldom been addressed directly in the historical literature, although several historiographic strands touch on it peripherally. The issues of Unionism,... -
From:National Civic Review (Vol. 95, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedMake them pay attention to us! That rallying cry, the tag line of the nonpartisan New Voters Project, galvanized thousands of young people in six states to hit the streets in a massive youth voter campaign. From the...
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From:Government Computer News (Vol. 23, Issue 21)An estimated 32 percent of American voters will cast electronic ballots in November, but their confidence could be undermined by worries about the security and reliability of the tallies. After the contested 2000...
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From:Presidential Studies Quarterly (Vol. 34, Issue 4) Peer-ReviewedThe central issue of the 2000 presidential campaign was how to allocate the projected federal budget surplus. George W. Bush proposed returning much of this revenue via an across-the-board reduction in federal income...