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America's Voting Problems Occur Mostly in Urban Areas
David C. Kimball, April 2013
Cities and Regions, Voters and Voter Participation, Public Sector Reforms, Election 2012
The Widening Partisan Gender Gap in the U.S. Congress
Karen Beckwith, March 2013
Women, Revitalizing U.S. Democracy, Election 2012
The Tea Party Lives On - And Pulls Republicans to the Right
Theda Skocpol and Vanessa Williamson, February 2013
Social Movements, Election 2012
Why Washington D.C. is Broken - And How It Can be Fixed
Thomas E. Mann, October 2012
Social Movements, Revitalizing U.S. Democracy, Election 2012
Will the Voting Rights Act of 1965 Survive?
Richard M. Valelly, September 2012
Race and Ethnicity, Voters and Voter Participation, Election 2012, Courts & Court Decisions
How the New Voter ID Laws Impede Disadvantaged Citizens
Marcus Anthony Hunter, September 2012
Voters and Voter Participation, Election 2012
Democrats, Republicans, and the Prospects for Women Candidates in Election 2012
Karen Beckwith, September 2012
Women, Election 2012
Could a New Republican President Stop ObamaCare and Roll Back Medicaid without Congressional Legislation?
Frank J. Thompson, September 2012
Medicare & Medicaid, Health Care Reform, Election 2012
Young Americans Face Clear Choices in the 2012 Elections
Richard F. Doner, September 2012
Voters and Voter Participation, Election 2012, Civic Engagement
The Quest for Women's Votes in Election 2012
Kira Sanbonmatsu, August 2012
Women, Voters and Voter Participation, Election 2012
The Past and Future of the Senate Filibuster
Eric Schickler and Gregory Wawro, August 2012
Revitalizing U.S. Democracy, Election 2012
Women's Pathways to America's State Legislatures
Kira Sanbonmatsu, May 2012
Women, Revitalizing U.S. Democracy, Election 2012
The High Stakes for Health Care in Election 2012
Theda Skocpol, May 2012
Medicare & Medicaid, Health Care Reform, Election 2012
U.S. Presidents and the Challenge of Party-Building
Daniel Galvin, April 2012
Revitalizing U.S. Democracy, Election 2012
Why America’s Election System is Failing – And How to Fix It
Heather Gerken, April 2012
Voters and Voter Participation, Revitalizing U.S. Democracy, Election 2012
Birth Control is an Economic Issue for Women and Their Families
Carole Joffe, April 2012
Jobs and Workers, Women, Health Care Reform, Election 2012
Making Sense of the Tea Party
Theda Skocpol and Vanessa Williamson, October 2011
Voters and Voter Participation, Social Movements, Election 2012