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<title><![CDATA[Sean McElwee - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/27640.xml</link><description><![CDATA[Sean McElwee]]></description><category domain="27640">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[Biden Can Unite America by Firing Corporate Lobbyists]]></title>
							<link>https://www.salon.com/2020/12/07/if-biden-wants-to-unite-the-country-one-thing-is-clear-dump-the-corporate-lobbyists/</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 07 Dec 2020 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Sean McElwee</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Americans are divided and polarized, yes. But large majorities want to curb corporate influence in government]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Republican Party Is Losing Precious Voters]]></title>
							<link>https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/16/opinion/sunday/trump-youth-vote.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 19 Feb 2019 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Sean McElwee</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The young in particular are slipping away.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[How Progressives Can Win the Fight for the Supreme Court]]></title>
							<link>https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/opinion-supreme-court-progressives_us_5bd09cd4e4b0a8f17ef34d1c</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 26 Oct 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Sean McElwee</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Progressives are finally awake to the Supreme Court's partisan nature.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Lesson for Dems on Kavanaugh:  It's Always Worth a Fight]]></title>
							<link>https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/opinion-susan-collins-kavanaugh_us_5ba6620de4b0181540dd7b3d</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 25 Sep 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Sean McElwee</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Even before sexual assault allegations, Kavanaugh's confirmation was taking a toll on Republicans.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Power of 'Abolish ICE']]></title>
							<link>https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/04/opinion/sunday/abolish-ice-ocasio-cortez-democrats.html?rref=collection%2Fissuecollection%2Ftodays-new-york-times</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 05 Aug 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Sean McElwee</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Democrats are shifting left on immigration, and it shows at the polls.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[We're Going to Abolish ICE]]></title>
							<link>https://www.thenation.com/article/going-abolish-ice/</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jun 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Sean McElwee</author>
							<description><![CDATA[It's just the beginning, but candidates across the country are starting to step up.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Missing Obama Millions]]></title>
							<link>https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/10/opinion/sunday/obama-trump-voters-democrats.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 11 Mar 2018 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Sean McElwee</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Democratic strategists need to find more votes. They don't have far to look.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[It's Time to Abolish ICE]]></title>
							<link>https://www.thenation.com/article/its-time-to-abolish-ice/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 11 Mar 2018 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Sean McElwee</author>
							<description><![CDATA[A mass-deportation strike force is incompatible with democracy and human rights.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Midterms and the Turn Leftward]]></title>
							<link>https://thebaffler.com/latest/midterms-mcelwee</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 26 Feb 2018 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Sean McElwee</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[Democrats Should Run on Gun Control All Over the Country]]></title>
							<link>https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/3k7vmn/democrats-should-run-on-gun-control-its-popular</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 19 Feb 2018 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Sean McElwee</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Right's War on Unions Is Killing the Democratic Party]]></title>
							<link>https://www.thenation.com/article/right-to-work-laws-are-killing-democrats-at-the-ballot-box/</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jan 2018 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Sean McElwee</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Right-to-work laws have a measurable effect on voting patterns.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Democratic Party Is Fine]]></title>
							<link>https://theoutline.com/post/2568/the-democratic-party-is-fine</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 12 Dec 2017 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Sean McElwee</author>
							<description><![CDATA[It is the most united American party in modern political history.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Inside the Republican Crusade Against Science]]></title>
							<link>http://www.salon.com/2016/04/11/the_gop_vs_the_pursuit_of_knowledge_inside_the_republican_crusade_against_science/</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 12 Apr 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Sean McElwee</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Why are scientists so much more likely to identify as Democrats? While there are many explanations for why scientists reject the Republican party, we propose a rather simple one: Scientists have views that better line up with the Democratic party and Republicans have taken positions that...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[How Unions Boost Democratic Participation]]></title>
							<link>http://prospect.org/article/how-unions-boost-democratic-participation</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Sean McElwee</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Labor organizer Helen Marot once observed, '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'The labor unions are group efforts in the direction of democracy.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' What she meant is that more than simply vehicles for the economic interests of workers (which they certainly are), labor unions also foster civic participation for...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Young People Are More Racist Than You Think]]></title>
							<link>http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2015/03/millenials-race-115909.html?ml=m_t1_2h#.VQAGN_zF-k4</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Sean McElwee</author>
							<description><![CDATA[News about race in America these days is almost universally negative. Longstanding wealth, income and employment gaps between whites and people of color are increasing, and tensions between police and minority communities around the country are on the rise. But many claim there'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s a...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why Creationists Can't Be Scientists]]></title>
							<link>http://www.salon.com/2014/02/20/why_creationists_cant_be_scientists/</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 21 Feb 2014 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Sean McElwee</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Creationism is back in the news, following the Ken Ham/Bill Nye debate and the recently released HBO documentary, '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'Questioning Darwin.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' Many writers, including myself, have argued that creationism is neither religion nor science, but rather a thinly veiled political doctrine....]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Vermont's Bold, Risky Health Care Gamble]]></title>
							<link>http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2013/12/can-vermonts-single-payer-system-fix-what-ails-american-healthcare/282626/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 28 Dec 2013 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Sean McElwee</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The Affordable Care Act's turbulent implementation has ruled the news cycle, but across the country states like Vermont are experimenting with their own plans.Governor Peter Shumlin signed a revolutionary single-payer plan, Green Mountain Healthcare'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'the culmination of decades of...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Republican Ignorance Imperils the Economy]]></title>
							<link>http://www.salon.com/2013/11/15/gops_ignorance_of_economics_even_more_dangerous_than_realized/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 16 Nov 2013 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Sean McElwee</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Imagine a world where Republican politicians understood economics. In 2008, Obama is elected to the Presidency and proposes a $2 trillion dollar stimulus program. This creates a deficit, but it'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s not a problem because Bush hadn'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t cut taxes, so the government has been running...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Republicans Are an Anti-Science Party of Nuts]]></title>
							<link>http://www.salon.com/2013/11/13/gop_is_an_anti_science_party_of_nuts_sorry_atlantic/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 14 Nov 2013 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Sean McElwee</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The Atlantic published an article on Tuesday by Mischa Fisher arguing that Republicans have been unfairly characterized as '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'anti-science.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' The piece begins with the lofty assertion that, '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'Republicans, conservatives, and the religious are no more uniquely...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Republicans Have No Clue How Businesses Work]]></title>
							<link>http://www.salon.com/2013/08/09/republicans_have_no_clue_how_businesses_work/</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 09 Aug 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Sean McElwee</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The Republican party has alienated many groups with its antics: women, blacks, Latinos, poor people, pensioners and young people, to name a few. However, it'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s often agreed that they work for two groups: really rich people and entrepreneurs. These groups, they say, drive the economy,...]]></description>
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