“It’s very expensive to be poor in contemporary America,” says Luke Bretherton, professor of theological ethics at Duke Divinity School. One reason? Usury, an ancient word for the current practice of charging exorbitant interest rates.
In the second of a two-part series, political scientist John Aldrich writes about how political campaigns have changed over the years, how the Obama campaign successfully adapted to those changes and how a football announcer added “Ol Mo” to our political lexicon.
In the first of a two-part series, political scientist John Aldrich traces the history of our current system of presidential nomination, including the influential role that John F. Kennedy had on changing the system.
Modern-Day Usury
“It’s very expensive to be poor in contemporary America,” says Luke Bretherton, professor of theological ethics at Duke Divinity School. One reason? Usury, an ancient word for the current practice of charging exorbitant interest rates.
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the Washington Post
U.S. Politics
Presidential nominations from 1976 to present
In the second of a two-part series, political scientist John Aldrich writes about how political campaigns have changed over the years, how the Obama campaign successfully adapted to those changes and how a football announcer added “Ol Mo” to our political lexicon.
Duke Today
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Ammon Bundy stands down
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Nominating Process
How our parties nominate their candidates
In the first of a two-part series, political scientist John Aldrich traces the history of our current system of presidential nomination, including the influential role that John F. Kennedy had on changing the system.
Duke Today
Dr. Cameron Wolfe on the Zika virus