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Professor-in-Chief: Was Larry Lessig’s Presidential Campaign Destined to Fail?
Larry Lessig wanted Americans to “Feel the Nerd” in 2016.
The Rise of the Outsider Candidate
Outsider candidates are fueling unprecedented engagement with the presidential primaries, and student political groups at Yale have been seizing this opportunity.
The Negotiator: The Politic’s Exclusive Sit-Down with Jake Sullivan, Hillary’s Top Foreign Policy Advisor
The Politic’s exclusive conversation with one of America’s rising stars in national security and key players in the breakthrough Iran nuclear deal.
Better Have My Money: Spotify and the New Streaming Economy
The creative community agrees that when a songwriter produces a work that goes platinum nine times and cannot live off this work alone, something must change.
Presidential Power Rankings: December Edition
December means donning a festive sweater, hanging up twinkling lights, and updating our Election 2016 power rankings!
The World Reduced: The Danger of Soundbite Culture
“When the primary and general elections come around, individuals will be going to the voting booth with seven seconds of opinion rather than ten minutes of substantive discussion.”
Donald Trump Won’t Gut the Fourteenth Amendment, But He Wants To Try
Donald Trump wants to end birthright citizenship. He won’t. But what does the popularity of his rhetoric say about this moment in the United States?
More Money, More Problems: How Do We Fix Campaign Finance?
In the upcoming 2016 election, campaign finance is quickly becoming a campaign issue. Donald Trump has repeatedly brought voters amusing images of his fellow Republican candidates begging the Koch brothers for donations. On the other side of the aisle, Bernie Sanders has…