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Maxwell Palmer

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Assistant Professor of Political Science, Boston University

Unchecked, politicians are likely to try to grab as much electoral power as they can. Fabrice LEROUGE/ONOKY via Getty Images

February 20, 2024

How politicians can draw fairer election districts − the same way parents make kids fairly split a piece of cake

Benjamin Schneer, Harvard Kennedy School; Kevin DeLuca, Yale University, and Maxwell Palmer, Boston University

Electoral redistricting is a high-stakes political game, so Democrats and Republicans have a hard time playing fair. When they’re made to work together, a more representative result is possible.

Cars sit in flood water from Boston Harbor on Long Wharf during a coastal storm on Jan. 4, 2018. AP Photo/Michael Dwyer

February 20, 2018

As the Trump administration retreats on climate change, US cities are moving forward

Katherine Levine Einstein, Boston University; David Glick, Boston University, and Maxwell Palmer, Boston University

They don’t all support the same strategies for coping with it, but US mayors increasingly see climate change as a pressing urban challenge.

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