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3Qs: The significance of Obama’s endorsement of same-sex marriage

President Obama endorsed same-sex marriage last Wednesday afternoon in a televised interview with ABC News. We asked Robert Gilbert, the Edward W. Brooke Pro­fessor of Polit­ical Sci­ence in...

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‘Advance justice in every realm of human endeavor’

Northeastern University’s School of Law celebrated its commencement Friday afternoon at Matthews Arena, as speakers urged more than 200 students receiving law degrees to use their professional careers...

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3Qs: State of ’12 presidential campaigns

Mitt Romney locked up the Republican presidential nomination with a victory in last week’s Texas primary, bringing the 2012 campaign into full gear. We asked Bill Crotty, a political science professor...

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3Qs: The future of the Affordable Care Act

The Supreme Court is preparing to rule on the constitutionality of President Obama’s Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. We asked Kristin Madison, a professor with dual appointments in the...

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3Qs: The Wikipedia effect on presidential politics

Joseph ReagleLet the editing begin. The day presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney announced that Rep. Paul Ryan of Wisconsin would be his running mate, Ryan’s Wikipedia page received...

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Website takes voters beyond the political frenzy

In a political arena dogged by sound bites and catfights, a conversation rooted in depth and detail can make all the difference.That’s the idea behind U.S. Political Conventions and Campaigns, a free,...

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3Qs: Who won the first debate?

Alan Schroeder, a professor in the School of Journalism in the College of Arts, Media and Design and one of the nation’s foremost experts on presidential debates, offers an analysis of the first of...

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3Qs: Town hall added drama to high-stakes debate

After a lackluster performance by President Obama in the first of the election season’s three presidential debates, national polls showed an uptick in support for Republican challenger Mitt Romney. But...

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Election 2012: all-day analysis

A day after the nation went to the polls, we’re talking to Northeastern faculty members about President Barack Obama’s electoral win over Republican Mitt Romney, which came despite an extremely close...

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Music, race, and the White House

Hip-hop in American culture and its connection to Barack Obama’s presidency set the stage for a stimulating panel discussion on Wednesday night with experts in race, music, gender studies, pop culture,...

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3Qs: What’s next after State of the Union?

In his State of the Union address Tuesday night, President Barack Obama revealed what many pundits considered a modest agenda—one that focused on combating economic inequality and expanding...

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Aoun provides guidance on proposed college rating system

As the federal government refines its plans for a new higher education evaluation system, Northeastern President Joseph E. Aoun offered his guidance in a letter to the U.S. Department of Education on...

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3Qs: Evaluating U.S.-Afghanistan relations

On the eve of the one-year anniversary of the killing of Osama bin Laden, President Barack Obama headed to Afghanistan to sign a strategic partnership pact with President Hamid Karzai. We asked...

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Looking ahead: US politics in 2015

The Obama administration’s agenda, the next presidential campaign, and political behavior on social media are among the topics assistant professor of political science Nick Beauchamp will be closely...

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3Qs: The US response to the Syrian refugee crisis

The terrorist attacks in Paris have intensified the immigration debate over whether the U.S. should accept Syrian refugees. On Thursday, the House voted to approve tougher refugee screening, passing a...

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SCOTUS nomination: The legal and political landscape ahead

President Barack Obama on Wednesday nominated appeals court judge Merrick Garland to the Supreme Court to fill the seat left vacant by the death of Justice Antonin Scalia. For the past month,...

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Fast track to environmental career

Sydney Schneir, MA’11, has been awarded a prestigious fellowship to work for the U.S. Department of Transportation in Washington on a multibillion-dollar high-speed rail project proposed by President...

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3Qs: Getting the story on the debt ceiling

The contentious debate over the debt ceiling became one of this summer’s hottest news stories. We asked Dan Kennedy, assistant professor of journalism at Northeastern University, to assess the overall...

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Fighting terror by building ties

A community-based approach to combating terrorism and violent extremism, which has been actively championed by Northeastern University law professor Deborah Ramirez, recently gained a new proponent:...

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3Qs: Evaluating Obama’s student loan plan

Last week, President Obama announced a series of regulatory changes aimed at easing the burden of student loans for recent college graduates who may not be making enough money to repay their debts....

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3Qs: Disconnect between Obama and the Republican Party

A daylong conference at Northeastern University on Thursday will explore the fascinating subplots of the political landscape now that the 2012 elections are less than a year away. The event was...

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Co-op, alumnus strive to make campaign ‘effortless’

Co-op Ben Adams (left) and alumnus Will Ritter (right) work on the advance team for Mitt Romney’s presidential campaign. Photo by Dominick Reuter. It’s a weekday afternoon soon after Super Tuesday and...

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When President Obama visited Northeastern

On this day seven years ago, Jan. 17, 2010, President Barack Obama visited Northeastern. As the president concludes his tenure in office later this week, we take a look back at this moment when he...

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Could Obamacare ‘fail’? A look at what’s working, and what’s not

The Republican-led effort to undo President Barack Obama’s signature healthcare law has produced high drama, internal division, and a series of political twists and turns. One day after President...

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They had trouble finding videos that celebrate black men. So they did...

Brendan DeVoue has spent his whole career at Northeastern bringing people together; it’s just part of who he is. He’s part of an organization that works to connect the university’s cultural centers to...

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