Party primaries for Michigan's state and federal legislators are not until August, but the fundraising by out-of-state interest groups is well underway. As a result, the primary season has becoming increasingly dangerous for incumbents with moderate...

Helen Levy, Ph.D., a research associate professor at the Ford School, is one of four active University faculty members who has served in an official advising capacity for the Obama Administration. She reflected on her time in public service for...

The National Survey of American Public Opinion on Climate Change (NSAPOCC), which reports that more Americans are beginning to believe in global warming, has received attention in media outlets across the globe since it was released earlier this...

The National Survey of American Public Opinion on Climate Change (NSAPOCC), co-authored by Barry Rabe, has been published in the February 2012 edition of "Issues in Governance Studies" by The Brookings Institution.The latest installment in the...

Canada could experience an energy surplus in the near future, but exporting this energy to the United States may not be an easy sell, Barry Rabe told iPolitics, an Ottawa, Canada-based political news service.Rabe, a professor of the environment and...

The Voice of America reports that the Khmer Rouge Tribunal has requested $92 million from a group of 15 donor countries to cover operational costs the next two years.Backed by the United Nations, the genocide tribunal is seeking justice for almost...

A new study by researchers from the National Poverty Center was cited in a USA Today article about the number of Americans living in extreme poverty. The University of Michigan's H. Luke Shaefer and co-author Kathryn Edin, from Harvard...

A new report indicates that one in five households with children in poverty are surviving on the cash equivalent of a half gallon of milk per person per day in a given month. The National Poverty Center has just released a report that examines...

"Congress is an extremely well-designed institution," observed Rep. John D. Dingell at the Ford School event "What's gone so wrong with Congress?" on February 22. "But it's unfortunately run by human beings." Nearly 200 people attended the...

Richard L. Hall and Joe Schwarz spoke with Michigan Radio's Lester Graham in a story called "Money and politics: when the fix makes it worse." The problem, as explained by Graham, is "[c]ampaign contributions and cozy relationships with lobbyists...