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Ethel Kennedy: 'Rah-Rah Girl' Turned Political Matriarch | Opinion

My most lasting memory of that magical 1976 summer was meeting Ethel Kennedy when I attended a picnic she hosted at her famous estate, Hickory Hill, in McLean Virginia. Hearing of her passing this week, I flashed back to that memorable day nearly 50 years ago.

Barbara Perry

Why Visit Those States? How the Electoral College Influences Campaigns

“This is bad for civic engagement and democratic accountability,” Lawless said. “If the entire map was in play, then we would no longer have battleground states, where catering to a sliver of swing voters determines both parties’ campaign strategies.”

Jennifer Lawless

Elections

Give Ukraine NATO membership. Peace depends on it.

Not since Gore lost to Bush has the sitting VP vied for the Oval Office

New York Times

Election 2024: The future of health care

In the Miller Center’s Election 2024 series, experts will discuss the future of health care in the United States as part of the Miller Center's Health Care Policy Project. Featuring guests who have worked in both government and the private sector, the event will offer perspectives on issues of health care affordability, drug pricing, ACA subsidy extensions, hospital pricing, Medicaid challenges, and health care finance and investment.

Vivian Riefberg

October 7th: One Year Later

Eric and Eliot note the sad commemoration of the Hamas attack on Israel and the consequences that came in its wake. They touch on the shocking nature of the sexual violence, the denial of the attack and the reality of the horrific violence as well as the explosion of anti-semitism internaionally and, in particular, on US college campuses, they discuss the Israeli successes in attacking the Hezbollah leadership and military infrastructure in Lebanon (and the blindspot with regard to Hamas that the successes against Hezbollah represent).

Eric Edelman

Biden forced to put legacy push on hold as crises mount at home and abroad

“We have been here before, and presidents have been here before,” Perry said Thursday. “That said, this has been a run of bad luck for Biden. … And, with the hurricanes, just where we are with the 24-7 news cycle and social media, presidents are expected to do more. … All presidents go into their last few months hoping to spend time thinking about their libraries and how they will be portrayed in history.”

Barbara Perry