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  • Debunked: The Plainspoken Populist

    Debunked: The Plainspoken Populist

    In 2015, The Boston Globe famously reported that Donald Trump spoke at a fourth-grade level. The future president’s 2016 announcement speech scored a 4.1 on linguistic tests, meaning a fourth-grade student could understand his speech. By contrast, Hillary Clinton scored 7.1. The results came as no surprise: political scientists and commentators have…

  • Myths and Facts of Migration

    Myths and Facts of Migration

    Given the importance of this issue in academia, public discussion, and politics, we present Five Myths and Facts about Migration.