James holds a B.A. in Political Science from the University of Delaware and an M.Ed. from the University of Massachusetts-Amherst, and currently teaches History in Springfield, MA.
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A bipartisan panel released a set of recommendations Wednesday with the goal of overhauling presidential debates during the general election. The panel, known as the Annenberg Debate Reform Working Group, was created by the University of Pennsylvania's Annenberg Public Policy Center and tasked with finding ways to increase
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This summer, the Obama administration will unveil efforts to curb greenhouse-gas emissions from a variety of sources, including airplanes, trucks, and power plants – all a part of an ambitious climate agenda described by the president as essential to his legacy. As early as Wednesday, the Environmental Protection Agency is expected
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His name may not ring a bell, but he would prefer that you remember him for what he did instead. Doug Hughes came into the national spotlight recently for landing a gyrocopter on the Capitol Lawn, a stunt typically reserved for action movie characters like James Bond and Mad Max
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Americans for Prosperity (AFP), the network of small-government advocacy groups steered by billionaire industrialists Charles and David Koch, is expanding into new states and attracting new donors in its efforts leading into 2016. A leaked document details plans to enhance the network's data system and bring on hundreds
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It can be hard to keep super PAC names straight. For example, there is Right to Rise, the committee supporting a presidential run by former Florida Governor Jeb Bush, and there is America Rising, another PAC designated to raise and spend unlimited sums of money in hopes of defeating Hillary
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While Hillary Clinton's path to the presidency seems all but inevitable, it is the imperative of the Democratic Party to maintain an air of unity throughout the primary season -- in stark contrast to the contest brewing on the Republican side. The progressive wing of the Democratic Party
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Just about every election in the United States follows the 'winner-take-all' principle, whereby the voters for the candidate who receives the most votes win representation and those who voted for the other candidate(s) win nothing. While this may be "business as usual," the winner-take-all system
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If a lawyer wants to practice law in a state, he or she must first pass the state's bar exam. If a teacher wants to work in a school, they are tested to be credentialed. Before entering the police force, applicants go through a rigorous training and screening
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President Barack Obama and former President Bill Clinton may have been the leaders of the free world and leaders of the Democratic Party, but both administrations would have floundered without the efforts of the less prominent, but no less powerful political adviser, John Podesta. Serving in both administrations, no other
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As the world handles the aftermath of the Great Recession and subsequent Eurozone Crisis, the Democratic and Republican parties continue to fight over most foreign policy issues in a stalemate that compromises U.S. influence in world affairs. The general lack of public will and support after prolonged engagements in
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The U.S. Department of Labor's numbers for December 2014 show a national unemployment rate of 5.6 percent, the lowest since June 2008. The results for January 2015 will release on Friday, and experts expect the rate to drop even further. The White House, Wall Street, and
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Recently, IVN published an article about the Freedom Partners Chamber of Commerce, a political action network headed by Charles and David Koch, and its decision to budget nearly $900 million leading into the 2016 election cycle. The amount represents an unprecedented amount of money from a single group. Many readers