Rutgers University
Shauna Shames is an assistant professor of political science at Rutgers University-Camden and the author of Out of the Running: Why Millennials Reject Political Careers and Why It Matters.
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Shauna Shames
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FROM Shauna Shames
One Year Later
Millennials and the GOP The Millennial generation is diverse, open-minded and decidedly independent politically. Both parties are battling to win Millennial support. But President Trump is making the GOP's challenge a lot harder. Can the younger generation of Republicans bring partisanship back?
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Is the threat from Russia missing from the Russia meddling probe? There's much being made about the Trump administration's possible ties with Russia. But the bottom line is Russia's effort to influence American democracy. Do the President and his aides care enough to take action before voters go back to the polls?
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Janesville and the American Dream Janesville, Wisconsin is the hometown of Republican House Speaker Paul Ryan. But he couldn’t prevent the closing of the General Motors factory after 100 years. On this Memorial Day rebroadcast of To the Point, we hear what’s happened to what once was a model of American middle-class unity.