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Roll Call: The economic challenge facing Republicans

In today’s Roll Call, the Winston Group’s David Winston writes about how Republicans’ and Trump’s advantage on economic issue handling are beginning to slip, and how Republicans need to refocus on the issue that won them the election — inflation. In the last election, voters preferred Republicans to handle inflation

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Harvard Launches New Remedial Math Course

Last fall, The Harvard Crimson ran a story called “Harvard Launches New Intro Math Course to Address Pandemic Learning Loss.” It quotes Harvard’s Director of Introductory Math Brendan Kelly, who said that the learning loss students sustained during Covid prompted the university to develop the remedial math course. The course,

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Rights In Health Care

In the health care debate, we often hear some lawmakers and candidates talk about rights in health care. From previous work, we have found that voters do believe the statement that health care is a right, not a privilege (62-25 believe-do not believe; July 2021). This is believed mostly by

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The Education Crisis Trump Needs To Address

The last several weeks have seen a flurry of actions from the Trump administration on education, including the cancellation of contracts and grants, the reduction in force at the Department of Education, and most recently, the executive order to eliminate the department. While many Trump supporters may be cheering his

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