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Millennial voters a new worry for Dems
Julian Zelizer, a professor of history and public affairs at Princeton University, agreed that winning over young voters is an issue for Democrats.
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The Raw Honesty of Klinghoffer
Julian Zelizer, a professor of history and public affairs at Princeton University, agreed that winning over young voters is an issue for Democrats.
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Redefine DeKalb
One of the most notable aspects of the recent Secret Service scandal revolves around money and the state of Congress.
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What Ben Bradlee stood for
The death of famed Washington Post editor Ben Bradlee on Tuesday marks the symbolic end of an important era in American journalism, one that, unfor...
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6 things you need to read on the meat industry
In preparation for our event that will be broadcast on CSPAN on how America’s meat industry is returning to the Jungle on Monday, October 20th, her...
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Obama: One very successful president?
The article is important. Krugman rightfully directs our attention away from approval ratings and popularity -- measures that don't tell us much ab...
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Edward Markey trying to climb ladder in the Senate
“It’s not clear he’s been a player on that much in terms of legislating, especially since Congress isn’t doing that much,” said Julian E. Zelizer, ...
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Finally, Home Care Workers Start Fighting Back
Historically, and today, how well a home care worker is treated depends entirely on the employer. Now, that’s finally changing.
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Obama's midterm dilemma
“With Democrats still bullish about the gubernatorial races it seems they are redirecting his limited time away from Capitol Hill and toward the ra...
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Google's PAC spends in search of political influence
Some of the tech industry’s key legislative priorities, though, aren’t so widely popular, or even well-known to the general public. Those issues in...
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Obama Battles Political Fallout of Ebola
Julian Zelizer, a politics professor at Princeton University and fellow at the New America Foundation, speaking via Skype, says Ebola could end up ...
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Incumbents can't catch a break as crises mount
"Other midterms have taken place in chaotic times," said Julian Zelizer, a professor of history at Princeton University. "Right now this is a prett...
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Before Gentrification, a City Covered in Graffiti
If today’s New York seems pathologically obsessed with its own beautification, then the city’s long-standing war against graffiti helps to explain ...
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Ebola Lapses Seen by White House as Obama Cancels Trips
Yesterday’s meeting and public statement at its conclusion were both an indication of how seriously Obama is taking Ebola and the fact that politic...
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Obama visits N.J. today for Democratic fundraiser
Julian Zelizer, a political science professor at Princeton University, said "it's not a great time for the president," but appearances like the one...
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Why the 2014 Campaign Season is So Awful
Princeton University Professor Julian Zelizer contends intraparty fights have contributed to this election about nothing.
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Get To Know The Finalists For The 2014 National Book Award
Anand Gopal moved to Afghanistan in 2008. As Kim Barker writes in The New York Times, "Gopal learned the language, grew a beard and traveled to rem...
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'Young People Have the Most at Stake in This Election': An Interview With Rep. Jared Polis
"Young people have a lot more at stake in any particular election than more senior Americans. They have their whole future ahead of them. So when w...
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The Boardroom and the Bedroom
How both dating and finance have been screwed by the Internet.
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Election 2014: Why voters don't care
While America faces many big issues -- unrest in the Middle East, the effects of climate change, uneven economic growth, growing income inequality,...
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Appetite, Bill and Barack
“Clinton was the last president we’ve had who loved politics,” Zelizer added. “Bush — and you can see this in his post-presidency — didn’t have a t...
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The Strategic News Leak: ‘Integral’ to Washington’s Game
“It’s basically part of the process,” said Julian Zelizer, a presidential historian at Princeton University. “It’s integral to the Washington cultu...