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How Hip-Hop Fell Out Of Love With Obama, Erik Nielson
How Hip-Hop Fell Out Of Love With Obama, Erik Nielson
School of Professional and Continuing Studies Faculty Publications
Barack Obama was once hailed as America's first hip-hop president. Why have so many rappers now given up on 'B-rock'?
Autism Insurance Coverage : Which State Policies Work And Why?, Elizabeth Ivy Homan
Autism Insurance Coverage : Which State Policies Work And Why?, Elizabeth Ivy Homan
Honors Theses
In the spring of 2011, Virginia's legislature passed its first autism insurance mandate via Senate Bill 1062 and House Bill 2467. As a legislative intern for Senator Janet Howell - the primary sponsor of SB 1062 - I was able to track the mandate from beginning to end. I observed conferences between Senator Howell and representatives from autism advocacy groups, I sat in on various Senate and House committee meetings, I carefully reviewed changes in the mandate's text when Senator Howell compressed her two original autism bills into one new bill in order to match Delegate Greason's HB 2467, and …
Catholic Claims Stretch The First Amendment, Ellis M. West
Catholic Claims Stretch The First Amendment, Ellis M. West
Political Science Faculty Publications
The Obama administration recently issued a regulation requiring all employers except religious organizations to include contraceptives in their employees' health insurance. The Catholic Church and various politicians have accused the administration of violating the church's religious freedom. Although the administration has modified its original regulation, it continues to be attacked for "waging war" on religious freedom.
Political Participation Over The Life Cycle, Jennifer L. Erkulwater
Political Participation Over The Life Cycle, Jennifer L. Erkulwater
Political Science Faculty Publications
Although we have paid attention to group differences in political activity on the basis of race or ethnicity, gender, and especially socio-economic status (SES), we have so far ignored such disparities among age groups, disparities that will become especially important in Chapter 16 when we consider inequalities in Internet-based political participation. The participatory deficit of citizens who have recently entered the electorate raises the same kinds of questions we have been bringing to inequalities of political voice on the basis of socio-economic status: How do we account for disparities in political activity on the basis of age? What are their …