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Vanderbilt Political Review

Vanderbilt's First and Only Nonpartisan Political Journal

Vanderbilt Political Review

Vanderbilt's First and Only Nonpartisan Political Journal

Vanderbilt Political Review

Stories and Storytellers: Reflections on the State of the Union

Stories and Storytellers: Reflections on the State of the Union

czechmexone1977 February 6, 2018

President Trump’s State of the Union address was dominated not as much by discussion of his achievements or policy proposals for the next year as it was by stories. His eighty-minute speech (the third...

American Sniper, the State of the Union, and the Dueling Narratives of Crisis in the United States

American Sniper, the State of the Union, and the Dueling Narratives of Crisis in the United States

Jeffrey Greenberg January 21, 2015

"The shadow of crisis has passed, and the State of the Union is strong." Barack Obama tonight officially closed the book on the year 2014 and welcomed Americans into a new period of the 21st century....

What The Minimum Wage Means to America, Pt I

What The Minimum Wage Means to America, Pt I

Alison Shanahan January 29, 2014

In the days before the 2014 State of the Union, the internet exploded with speculation over what Obama would cover in his address. One hot button topic was the expected use of executive orders to further...

Obama’s Minimum Wage: Good Politics, Contested Policy

Kyle Blaine February 14, 2013

President Obama placed the focus of his 2013 State of the Union Address squarely on the U.S. economy, and nothing does more to illustrate the tenor of Obama's fiscal agenda than his call to raise the minimum...

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