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Presidential candidates offer sharp differences on the future of renewable energy

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imageThe Ivanpah Concentrating Solar Electric Generating System, built on public land in California's Mojave Desert.ATOMIC Hot Links/Flickr, CC BY-NC-ND

We are in the middle of a long-term global transition away from fossil fuels and toward more efficient, renewable-based energy systems. This shift will deliver many benefits, including jobs, reduced air...

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How much can the next president influence the U.S. energy system?

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imageThe U.S. oil industry is in the doldrums, but there's not much the next (or current) president can do about it. www.shutterstock.com

There have been dramatic changes in the U.S. energy system under our current president – a big drop in the use of coal, a boom in domestic oil and gas development from fracking, and the rapid spread of renewable...

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Should wealthier students get subsidized college education?

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imageShould college be free for all?Bart Everson, CC BY

Last summer, as the presidential campaign was just getting rolling in earnest, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton announcedNew College Compact,” a proposal designed to provide relief for the rapidly rising sticker price of college.

Subsequently, Senator Bernie Sanders took...

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Does it matter who wins the election when it comes to the Middle East?

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Elections, the perennial wisdom tells us, are generally not decided by foreign policy issues.

But who’s to say that 2016 will not buck the trend, as it has in so many other ways?

We are potentially only one Paris-style terrorist attack or a brazenly aggressive act by Russian President Putin from changing the mood and focus of the American...

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Will the next U.S. president close the digital divide for Americans without broadband access?

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imageIf they build it, will you come?Doc Searls, CC BY

Most of the 2016 presidential candidates' policy platforms recognize the strategic importance of high-speed Internet (HSI), or broadband, in transforming the economy and spurring innovation.

The candidates appear motivated by a shared belief that high-speed Internet and HSI-enabled digital...

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Will Republican tax plans make America great again?

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As the old saying goes, there are only two things certain in life: death and taxes. While being taxed is a certainty, the rate and types of income being taxed is not.

Each of the five remaining GOP hopefuls – Donald Trump, Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio, John Kasich and Ben Carson (who appeared on the verge of dropping out as this article was written)...

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Online ads know who you are, but can they change you too?

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imageDo advertisers know us better than we know ourselves? Fingerprint via www.shutterstock.com

Do you ever get the sense that advertisements you see online know more about you than you might expect? Have you ever wondered why you’re being shown an ad for a product, only to realize later that you might actually be the kind of person who would want...

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Do school vouchers improve results? It depends on what we ask

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imageDo school voucher programs help improve educational outcomes?Lower Columbia College (LCC), CC BY-NC-ND

A set of reports on Louisiana’s statewide school voucher program recently revealed a number of important features of that program’s operation and overall performance.

The most startling of these reports indicated that students who used...

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