Society & Culture Archives - Polis: Center for Politics

Professor Nick Carnes, alongside collaborator Eric Hansen, Associate Professor of Political Science at Loyola University Chicago, conducted a national study of the occupational backgrounds of…

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Kathy Lee (PPS ‘25): “Innocence Under Duress: The Impact of Mandatory Minimum Sentencing”

Isaiah Fisher-Smith (PPS ‘24): “Convicted Felons Should Have the Right the Vote”

Karina Marinovich (PPS ‘24): “Ozone Alert. Stay Indoors.”

Ryan Selig (PPS ‘24): “Following Common Sense: Lowering the Drinking Age as a Step Towards Safer and Healthier Communities”

Jessie Rievman (PPS ‘25): “The Classroom is a Place for Learning, Not for Guns”

Gabrielle Floyd (PPS ‘25): “What Does America Value: Guns or Humans?”

Jaden Snyder (PPS ‘24): “Help North Carolina Welcome Mary Jane with Open Arms”

Professor Nick Carnes on Working-Class State Legislators, Duke Today

Katie Seithel (PPS ‘25): “Weed and Duke Privilege: Examining the Racist History of Marijuana Policy”

Michael Mohs (PPS ‘25): “The Benefits Outweigh the Costs: It is Time to Legalize Marijuana in North Carolina”

Michael Bennett (PPS ‘25): “Beyond Bars: Why Convicted Felons Deserve the Right to Vote”

Olivia Smith (PPS ‘25): “There is No Justice in the Death Penalty”

Jordyn Sandler (PPS ‘25): “Legal Punishment: The U.S is Doing it All Wrong, but Norway Could be the Answer”

Catherine Flanagan (PPS ‘25): “The Long Overdue Abolishment of Corporal Punishment in North Carolina”

Emily McReynolds (PPS ‘25): “Our Education System is Broken. University-Assisted Community Schools Can Help.”

Jazper Lu (PPS ‘25): “Certain Occupational Licensing Restrictions in North Carolina Make it Harder for Ex-Offenders to Find Work”

Zara Thalji (PPS ‘25): “Big Brother is Still Watching: The FBI’s Long History of Spying on Civil Rights Leaders and People of Color”