Jim Ludes, Author at Pell Center

The Hill: Legislating as it Once Was: The NEH Turns 50

The Following op-ed was published originally on the Congress Blog of The Hill, the Capitol Hill newspaper. Legislating as it

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The Pell Center has announced its lineup of events and lectures for the Fall 2015 semester.

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