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The Pressures on Arizona Have Placed It Into the Bitter Front Line of American Politics

“I don’t know if you’ve noticed,” said a deadpan Marc Lacey of The New York Times, “but Arizona has been a whole lot in the news lately.” Lacey was introducing a three-person panel on whether Arizona is the front line of American politics. “If you watch Fox News it sometimes appears the governor has her own show,” Lacey added, noting that Arizona had gotten so much attention that the Times decided to make Lacey its first Phoenix bureau chief.

The discussion, which was co-presented by Arizona State University, took place at …

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Debating California’s New Boundaries

Redistricting: Improved Political Representation Or More of the Same?

Law professor Jessica Levinson opened a panel on California’s redistricting efforts by quoting panelist Dan Schnur, a veteran political communications strategist and director of University of Southern California’s Jesse M. …

How Will Redistricting Affect Constituents?

Debating Whether New Boundaries Can Bring True Change

For the first time, California’s citizens are taking charge of the redistricting process, which determines the boundaries of the state’s political districts. The Citizens Redistricting Commission’s draft maps, which were …


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