Data suggests limiting $1,400 stimulus checks to those earning under $75,000 (Opportunity Insights cited)
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Teachers unions say they need more COVID tests before reopening classrooms. But experts are warning about the limitations, expense and tradeoffs in focusing on swabs (commentary by Emily Oster)
February 1, 2021 The 74 Million
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February 1, 2021 SouthCoast Matters
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Policy, Economic Experts Weigh in on U.S. Capitol Attack
January 7, 2021
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September 2, 2020
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Energy and International Conflict
January 6, 2021
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February 1
Jaime Harrison: Climbing the Hill: How To Build A Career In Politics And Make A Difference
7 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
February 3
Ijlal Naqvi — Access to Power: Electricity and the Infrastructural State in Pakistan
12 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.
February 4
Pavlina Tcherneva — The Case for a Job Guarantee
12 p.m. – 1 p.m.
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CHRHS Partners with SCIJ
January 25, 2021
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The Biden Administration: What to Expect
January 12, 2021
Dynamics of American Democracy ─ Partisan Polarization, Political Competition and Government Performance
December 7, 2020
Book Talk with Thea Riofrancos — Resource Radicals: From Petro-Nationalism to Post-Extractivism in Ecuador
December 3, 2020
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