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Zoe Carpenter

Zoë Carpenter

Zoë Carpenter is a reporter in The Nation's Washington, DC bureau. She has written for Rolling Stone, Guernica and the Poughkeepsie Journal. An Oregon native, Zoë studied writing and environmental politics at Vassar College. 

Articles

News and Features

Would Chuck Hagel Really Slash the Pentagon Budget? (Arms and Spending Proliferation, Budget Wars, US Military)

Not once has Obama’s nominee voted to reject a defense budget.

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Despite Concerns, Young Voters Tuned In and Turned Out in 2012 (Election 2012, Youth)

Without the youth vote, Obama woud have lost Florida, Ohio, Virginia and Pennsylvania—and the election.

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Millennial Turnout Crucial to Obama's Re-election (Election 2012, Youth)

Obama will carry the youth vote, but turnout is key, especially among young Latino voters in swing states.

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Election 2012 and the Missing Millennials (Barack Obama, Election 2012, Youth)

Young voters gave Obama a decisive win in 2008. Four years later, the love affair is on the rocks.

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High-Stakes Healthcare Decision Looms for More Than 6 Million Young Americans (Healthcare Policy)

A popular provision of the Affordable Care Act that has helped insure 6.6 million Americans under 26 could be eliminated by the Supreme Court.

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Will Millions of Young Americans Benefiting From the ACA Turn Out for Obama? (US Politics, Healthcare Policy, Electoral Politics)

Fifteen million young adults will gain access to health insurance through Obamacare—if it survives Supreme Court review. Will that win Obama their support?

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Revolution on the Radio (Movements, Occupy Wall Street, Media)

Community radio stations were key to spreading the message of the Occupy movement.

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Digging for Democracy (Economics, Youth, Society)

COLLEGE FINALIST: The range of options that my generation has to choose from has been whittled to a handful of bad ones. I am coming of age not in the land of the free, but in the land of the dependent.

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Blogs

Samantha Power Sells Action in Syria to the Left
The ambassador to the UN acknowledged that there are valid questions about military strikes, but her speech was short on convincing answers...
Zoë Carpenter
The Senate's 'Limited' Authorization Is Full of Holes
On Wednesday, the Foreign Relations Committee passed an imprecise resolution authorizing the use of force in Syria. 
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If Congress Says No, Can Obama Strike?
The Obama administration claims it doesn't need congressional authorization to strike Syria. So what’s the point of asking...
Zoë Carpenter
Paying CEOs Top Dollar for Poor Performance
A new report reveals that America’s highest-paid CEOs often do their jobs badly, leaving taxpayers to clean up the mess.
Zoë Carpenter
Another Delay for Keystone XL?
An inquiry into conflict-of-interest allegations will likely push the State Department’s decision on the pipeline to 2014. 
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Keeping a Massive Trade Deal Out of the Fast Lane
The Obama administration is pushing to finalize the Trans-Pacific Partnership without congressional oversight. 
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Chris Christie Backs Down on Gun Control
With vetoes, New Jersey’s governor indicates that he is looking out for himself in the 2016 primaries instead of his constituents....
Zoë Carpenter
A Blueprint for the GOP's Attempt to Sabotage Obamacare
Republican efforts to undermine the Affordable Care Act go well beyond political opposition, from spreading lies to threatening a...
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