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People, Politics, and the Pipeline

This week, Jack Gerard, president of the American Petroleum Institute -- the largest oil and gas industry trade group -- claimed that not approving the Keystone XL pipeline would be against the wishes of the “vast majority” of Americans.

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J. Mijin Cha

Nine Ways the Economy is Affecting Young Latinos

You don't have to have an MBA from Harvard or Wharton to know that the economy is hurting and has been for a while. The terrible effects of the Great Recession, unemployment, benefit cuts, home foreclosures, and more, have been widespread.
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Health Care Mandate is Constitutionally Sound

The constitutional challenge to the 2010 Affordable Care Act (ACA) draws much of its rhetorical force not from the Commerce Clause, but from the perception that the insurance mandate infringes on individuals’ private liberties.

In the media

Banking Industry Endorses Obama's Appointment of Richard Cordray

The Associated Press is reporting that President Obama will appoint Richard Cordray today as the director of the Consumer Finance Protection Agency, all but ensuring a pageantry of exploding heads on the right.

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Alex Amend

STATEMENT: Demos Commends President Obama’s Appointment of Richard Cordray to Lead the CFPB

We can’t afford to let Wall Street keep taking us for a ride: Americans need a strong Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to bring fairness and accountability to the financial sector.

Press release/statement

The End of Ethanol Subsidies

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J. Mijin Cha

Federal Court Victory for Maryland Law Ending Prison-Based Gerrymandering

NEW YORK -- On Friday, Dec 23, a federal three-judge panel unanimously upheld the constitutionality of Maryland’s landmark “No Representation Without Population Act,” which counts incarcerated people as residents of their legal home addresses for redistricting purposes.

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Make Caucuses More Democratic

Are caucuses paragons of participatory democracy, unrepresentative playgrounds for zealots, both, or somewhere in between?

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Adam Lioz

The Year In Review: New Evidence of Poverty Amid Riches

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David Callahan