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Three Under-Reported Takeaways from Convention Season

A look at three important issues both parties avoided, or inadequately addressed, in their convention proceedings.

Rockin’ the Bakken: Summer in a North Dakota Boom Town

My hometown of Dickinson, North Dakota is located at the southernmost part of the Bakken oil formation, which is one of the largest shale...

Summer Schooling

Working for the NYC Department of Education gave me the chance to think about where reform is headed.

Interning at Obama for America

This summer, enveloped in a campaign cycle largely defined by cynicism and triviality, I re-learned to love politics.

The Not-So-Green Alternative: Mitt Romney

As an intern at the Center for American Progress Action Fund, I was delegated to research Romney’s stance on science. Though “science” is a very...

60 Minutes in 10 Weeks

Most of what I did this summer is confidential, that is, at least until the time the shows I worked on actually hit the...

‘Passing’ the Summer in Egypt

“In the summer whole peoples visit one anotherto spy out each other’s nakedness. Hebrew and Arabic, which are like gutturalstones, like sand on the palate,grow...

Reminded of Whom the House Represents

This summer I found myself reassessing my view of government as a vague and impersonal political machine chugging away in the Capitol. Adhering to...

Summer in South Korea

One day during lunch break from my summer journalism internship, I found myself sitting at a table across from two North Korean defectors at...

France's Neighbors to the South

The United States’ relationship with the Arab world might be described as “involved,” “turbulent,” and largely focused on the Middle East. France, however, has...