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Why the 2020 census shouldn't ask about your citizenship status

File 20180220 116343 uhaykf.jpg?ixlib=rb 1.1A naturalization ceremony, in December 2015. AP Photo/Evan Vucci,…


Politics in the Trump Era – A Curated Guide to MPSA 2018

by Chana M. Solomon-Schwartz  Politics in the Trump Era – A Curated Guide to MPSA 2018 In less than a month, scholars from more…


Why Would A Mom and A Business Owner Get An MPA?

And what does she do with it? By Alex Ellison Photo by Dakota Corbin on Unsplash I was accepted to the University of…


Chicago Tips and Recommendations from a Graduate Student

By Charmaine N. Willis Willis-ChicagoTips This year marks my first year attending MPSA. I look forward to being able to…


How Predictable is Your Work?

The truth about job security in the future By Alex Ellison   HowPredictable If you spend a lot of time doing predictable,…


When the elite abandon democracy – A Warning from Belize?

By Harold Young of Austin Peay State University “An individual has not started living until he can rise above the narrow confines of his individualistic concerns to the broader concerns of all humanity.” - Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. As always, my first full day in Belize starts in my barber’s…