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Removing obstacles to majority rule in the Senate, such as the filibuster, may be necessary as American politics continue to fracture into increasingly opposed parties according to Emory University political […]
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Personal attacks and overheated rehtoric are nothing new across the spectrum of American political history. Emory University political scientist Alan Abramowitz discusses the mud slung at Jefferson, Roosevelt and other […]
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Emory University political scientist Alan Abramowitz says that having clear differences between Democrats and Republicans can be good for America’s democratic system, but can lead to higher levels of animosity […]
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Changing demographics will continue to reinforce a move toward polarization across American politics according to Emory University political scientist Alan Abramowitz.
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Alan Abramowitz is the Barkley Professor of Political Science at Emory, and a renowned expert on national politics and elections. His expertise includes election forecasting models, party realignment in the […]
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Political scientist Alan Abramowitz says calls to “heal the divide” across political parties and bring back the center are unlikely to materialize into real action. Bipartisanship today is difficult due […]
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Alan Abramowitz is the Barkley Professor of Political Science at Emory, and a renowned expert on national politics and elections. His expertise includes election forecasting models, party realignment in the […]
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Emory University political scientist Alan Abramowitz profiles citizen driven to action when their political party is not currently in power.
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We are a moving toward an inclusive, empowered, engaged, interactive model of leadership where employees are encouraged to participate.
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Collaboration between businesses isn’t rocket science. So why are so many companies missing the boat on creating alliances?
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Companies have a much harder time being “customer-centric” than they are willing to admit.
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A conversation with the Harvard Business School professor.
“I don’t consider myself an artist. I consider myself a creator.” As soon as I heard these words from Stephen Hayes through the phone, I sat back in my chair. […]
Researchers have demonstrated that "the neural circuitry that controls the sleep/wake cycle in humans may also control the sleep patterns of 17 different mammalian species.
"It seems fair to conclude that the 81-year-old, Canadian-born [Frank] Gehry is the most important architect of our age," writes Matt Tyrnauer.
"In all Nabokov's work, the kindliness of memory recreates Eden, just as perversity razes it to the ground," writes Lesley Chamberlain. "We can lose our capacity to interpret the world as good. We can see only darkness."
Imaging technology has now been used to assemble the first comprehensive map of global soil moisture that covers all land areas of the world, except for frozen soils at high latitudes and in some mountain regions.
Theodore Dalrymple is not sure that snobbery is actually a vice. "Everyone needs someone to look down on, and the psychological need is the more urgent the more meritocratic a society becomes," he writes.
A new survey finds that while people around the world firmly support equal rights for men and women, many believe men should still get preference in jobs and education.