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Political Science October 25, 2011

Stare in the Darkness

The Limits of Hip-Hop and Black Politics

Lester Spence

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Hip-hop has, within a short time span, moved from a free-flowing expression of urban youth to a global--and highly marketable--musical genre. Its influence in culture, fashion, film, and music is …
Political Science August 4, 2011

Untying the Knot

Marriage, the State, and the Case for Their Divorce

Tamara Metz

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Marriage is at the center of some of our fiercest political debates. Here are some recent developments regarding marriage in the United States. Earlier this year, the Justice Department announced …
Political Science June 14, 2011

Filibustering

A Political History of Obstruction in the House and Senate

Gregory Koger

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In recent months, we've been hearing a lot of talk about filibustering in the Senate, about how Senate Democrats acquired a filibuster-proof majority in the 2008 elections only to lose …
Political Science May 20, 2011

Semi-Citizenship in Democratic Politics

Elizabeth Cohen

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Practically everyone thinks they understand what citizenship means. Yet, there is a great deal of conceptual ambiguity about the term and scholars studying citizenship often disagree about what citizenship actually …