Catherine Rampell
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Trump, Kanye and the superwealth ticket in presidential politicsDec 30, 2015 12:00 am - By Catherine Rampell What's better than being kingmaker? Being king. In the good old days, billionaires and hundred-millionaires were content to buy elections for o...
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The 'after me' effect: America has always been hostile to immigrantsSep 01, 2015 1:00 am - At what point, in this great nation of immigrants, did calling someone an "immigrant" become such an insult? Recent weeks - on the campaign trail and elsewhere - have be...
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The 2016 field is full of deadbeatsAug 25, 2015 1:00 am - There's a certain demographic in this country - it's unseemly to mention the specific population by name - that has no sense of personal responsibility. I don't know whe...
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New voting regulations may be deciding electionsNov 16, 2014 4:05 am - Voter suppression efforts may have changed the outcomes of some of the closest races this month. And if the Supreme Court lets these laws stand, they will continue to di...
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How to close that pay gapOct 21, 2014 1:05 am - Don't ask. Just trust that the system will reward you for your compliance. That is the message Microsoft chief executive Satya Nadella delivered last week, when prodded ...
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A heckler's reasoning on immigrationOct 15, 2014 5:05 am - When someone puts herself at risk to make a point, the rest of us might ask why she stuck her neck out. But she could just as well turn the question around and ask us wh...
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A remedy for high turnoverOct 14, 2014 5:05 am - ASPEN, Colo. - One of the challenges that advocates are discussing here at an anti-poverty conference in Aspen - yes, I realize the irony - is getting buy-in from the pr...
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America is defunding its childrenOct 07, 2014 1:05 am - Think of the children. These days, politicians - and their constituents - generally don't. For all their baby-kissing, politicians know that it's the elderly - not suff...
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For-profit colleges earn their bad repOct 01, 2014 12:48 pm - For-profit colleges can't get no respect, at least not from employers. Which suggests that maybe they should be getting less generous taxpayer subsidies, too. For-profit...
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The myth about public schoolsSep 23, 2014 1:05 am - Have America's public schools gotten worse over the years? Americans seem to think so. Every time I write about why attending college is so crucial for moving up the inc...