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Huffington Post: The Battle For The Senate Is About The Future Of American Politics

Michael Ettlinger, the director of the Carsey School,Ìý believes thatÌýrural voters have 37% more power to determine control of the Senate.ÌýThe rural bias of the Senate has existed for a long time, though partisan shifts have meant it only started directly damaging Democrats recently ― the party had senators in both North and South Dakota as recently as 2012. Ettlinger notes it has always given rural states extra policy influence, making gun control legislation more difficult to pass and leading to lavish agricultural subsidies.Ìý

COVID and the Brain

In the early days of COVID-19, as people were trying to filter the onslaught of information and what it meant to them, Amy Ramage was focused on their brains. Or more specifically, the brains of those who were or might become infected.