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Vanessa Williamson

Fellow - Governance Studies

Sexed Pistols

Edited by Vanessa Farr, Henri Myrttinen, and Albrecht Schnabel

2009

A Black Lives Matter protester stands in front of St. Louis Police Department officers equipped with riot gear after the not guilty verdict in the murder trial of Jason Stockley, a former St. Louis police officer, charged with the 2011 shooting of Anthony Lamar Smith, who was black, in St. Louis, Missouri, U.S., September 15, 2017. Photo taken September 15, 2017. REUTERS/Lawrence Bryant TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - RC162B2292E0

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New data show that police violence predicts Black Lives Matter protests

Vanessa Williamson

Thursday, May 17, 2018

A woman, who has been displaced by floods, uses a USAID box to move her belongings while taking refuge on an embankment at Chandan Mori village in Dadu, some 320 km (199 miles) north of Karachi October 10, 2010. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro (PAKISTAN - Tags: DISASTER ENVIRONMENT) - RTXT9RN

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Americans overestimate foreign aid? Not so fast.

Vanessa Williamson

Monday, March 19, 2018

Police officers stand in front of the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, U.S., January 19, 2018. REUTERS/Eric Thayer - RC1AECFD3360

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For Democrats and public workers, there’s a lot at stake in the Supreme Court’s Janus decision

Vanessa Williamson

Thursday, March 15, 2018

An aerial view of The Villages retirement community in Central Florida, June 27, 2015.

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The only good thing about the tax bill

Vanessa Williamson

Wednesday, December 20, 2017

A general view of the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) building, with the partial quote "taxes are what we pay," in Washington May 27, 2015. Tax return information for about 100,000 U.S. taxpayers was illegally accessed by cyber criminals over the past four months, U.S. IRS Commissioner John Koskinen said on Tuesday, the latest in a series of data thefts that have alarmed American consumers. The entire quote chiseled on the building, from Oliver Wendell Holmes, reads, "Taxes are what we pay for a civilized society''. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst - RTX1EU9N

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Required reading to understand the tax policy fight

Vanessa Williamson

Monday, November 13, 2017

Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) speaks during an event to introduce the "Medicare for All Act of 2017" on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., September 13, 2017. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas

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Three takeaways from the Cruz-Sanders debate

Vanessa Williamson

Friday, October 20, 2017

U.S. 1040 Individual Income Tax forms are seen in New York

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Back without popular demand: Tax cuts for the wealthy and corporations

Vanessa Williamson

Wednesday, September 27, 2017

The U.S. Capitol dome in Washington

Podcast Episode

Limitations of the Senate filibuster

Molly E. Reynolds and Bill Finan

Friday, August 25, 2017

Members of white nationalists march in Charlottesville, Virginia, U.S., August 12, 2017. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts - RTS1BIBT

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When white supremacy came to Virginia

Vanessa Williamson

Tuesday, August 15, 2017

A news assistant runs out after the U.S. Supreme Court granted parts of the Trump administration's emergency request to put his travel ban into effect immediately while the legal battle continues, in Washington

Courts & Law

On the Supreme Court’s travel ban decision

Russell Wheeler

Tuesday, June 27, 2017

A general view of the U.S. Capitol building in Washington

Podcast Episode

On the Financial Choice Act

Friday, June 9, 2017

Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May makes a statement in Downing Street next to her husband Philip after traveling to Buckingham Palace to ask the Queen's permission to form a minority government

Europe

On the UK general election

Friday, June 9, 2017

Graduating students arrive for Commencement Exercises at Boston College in Boston, Massachusetts,

Higher Education

Career paths and earnings after college

Ryan Nunn and Fred Dews

Friday, June 9, 2017