Articles filed under Rampell, Catherine
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Trump, Kanye and the superwealth ticket in presidential politics
Dec 30, 2015 1:00 AM - By Catherine Rampell What's better than being kingmaker? Being king.
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The 'after me' effect: America has always been hostile to immigrants
Sep 1, 2015 1:00 AM - Columnist Catherine Rampell: What happened to the good old days when we valued the talent, drive and eclectic perspectives that scrappy émigrés brought to America? Alas, those good old days -- like most other good old days -- probably never existed.
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The 2016 field is full of deadbeats
Aug 25, 2015 1:00 AM - Columnist Catherine Rampell: There's a certain demographic in this country -- it's unseemly to mention the specific population by name -- that has no sense of personal responsibility.I don't know whether their problem is cultural or biological. But these people refuse to acknowledge any bad decisions they have ever made, or the many times others have bailed them out.
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New voting regulations may be deciding elections
Nov 16, 2014 5:01 AM - Columnist Catherine Rampell: Voter suppression efforts may have changed the outcomes of some of the closest races this month. And if the Supreme Court lets these laws stand, they will continue to distort election results going forward.
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How to close that pay gap
Oct 21, 2014 1:01 AM - Columnist Catherine Rampell: Don't ask. Just trust that the system will reward you for your compliance.That is the message Microsoft chief executive Satya Nadella delivered last week, when prodded for advice to give women who are reluctant to request raises.
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A heckler's reasoning on immigration
Oct 15, 2014 5:01 AM - Columnist Ruben Navarrette: When someone puts herself at risk to make a point, the rest of us might ask why she stuck her neck out. But she could just as well turn the question around and ask us why we stayed silent. I asked Blanca Hernandez -- a 31-year-old undocumented immigrant, "dreamer" and heckler -- if that's how she felt recently as security escorted her out of a swanky gala for the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute where President Obama was speaking.
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A remedy for high turnover
Oct 14, 2014 5:01 AM - Columnist Catherine Rampell: One of the challenges that advocates are discussing here in Apsen, Colo., at an anti-poverty conference in Aspen -- yes, I realize the irony -- is getting buy-in from the private sector. How do you convince companies that social spending and government "handouts" are good for the bottom line? Randy Osmun has a pitch: reduced employee turnover.
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America is defunding its children
Oct 7, 2014 1:01 AM - Columnist Catherine Rampell: These days, politicians -- and their constituents -- generally don't. For all their baby-kissing, politicians know that it's the elderly -- not suffrage-ineligible children or their parents -- who turn out to vote. This perhaps explains why a smaller and smaller share of government budgets is expected to go to children over the coming decade
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For-profit colleges earn their bad rep
Oct 1, 2014 12:48 PM - Columnist Catherine Rampell: For-profit colleges can't get no respect, at least not from employers. Which suggests that maybe they should be getting less generous taxpayer subsidies, too.
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The myth about public schools
Sep 23, 2014 1:01 AM - Columnist Catherine Rampell:
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