President Obama is in a heated confrontation with the Republican Party in the House. As we enter week two of the government shutdown, the media continues to make two comparisons: -between the 104th Congress and the current one (government shutdowns) and -between the 112th Congress and the current one (debt ceiling). However, one thing that […]
Thad Hall
Thad Hall is an Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Utah. He is the author of Evaluating Elections: A Handbook of Methods and Standards (Cambridge UP 2012).
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Student Movement
It wasn’t long before Roberto landed in Peggy Salazar’s office to discuss his disruptive behavior and poor academic performance. The acting principal of Oak View Elementary School coaxed some information out of her young student that helped to explain why he was struggling. Salazar learned that Roberto’s parents were divorced. Sometimes he lived with his […]
