Experts in the News

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Schedule F: What can we learn from academic research?

Why would Trump and his allies even want Schedule F? Some potential benefits might be increased responsiveness of the bureaucracy to political oversight and improved agency performance from firing poor performers. But the literature is not so optimistic on these points.
Rachel Potter
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After the White House

Barbara Perry discusses the legacies that first ladies have left behind years after leaving the White House. This includes how their influence lives on through their post-White House work, their impact on the office of the first lady, and the historical sites and pop culture references that keep them in front of modern audiences.
Barbara Perry
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What can we learn from an actual case of election fraud?

Can there really be millions of illegal votes in the United States that no investigation, no formal review, no court of law can detect? Maybe we can learn something by looking at an actual case of documented voter fraud.
Robert Strong
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The Georgia bus tour and the rural-metro divide

The rural-metro divide has deep historical roots. Yet this “geographical sort” has emerged as a defining feature of American politics, to the point that Democrats have become uncompetitive in many rural parts of the United States. Harris and Walz’s mere presence in such areas suggests that they are seeking to complicate this pattern.
Guian McKee