{"id":6891,"date":"2016-01-01T00:05:23","date_gmt":"2016-01-01T08:05:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cllas.uoregon.edu\/?p=6891"},"modified":"2016-06-06T15:10:09","modified_gmt":"2016-06-06T22:10:09","slug":"running-from-office-why-young-americans-are-turned-off-to-politics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cllas.uoregon.edu\/running-from-office-why-young-americans-are-turned-off-to-politics\/","title":{"rendered":"Running from Office: Why Young Americans are Turned Off to Politics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/cllas.uoregon.edu\/running-from-office-why-young-americans-are-turned-off-to-politics\/americas-lawless_poster_final_rev\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7030\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-7030\" src=\"http:\/\/cllas.uoregon.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Americas-Lawless_poster_Final_rev-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"Americas Lawless_poster_Final_rev\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cllas.uoregon.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Americas-Lawless_poster_Final_rev-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/cllas.uoregon.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Americas-Lawless_poster_Final_rev-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cllas.uoregon.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Americas-Lawless_poster_Final_rev-683x1024.jpg 683w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>Knight Library<br \/>\nBrowsing Room<br \/>\n1501 Kincaid St.<br \/>\nUO campus<br \/>\nOpening reception: 4:30-5:00<br \/>\nTalk: 5:00-6:30<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cRunning from Office: Why Young Americans are Turned Off to Politics\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>with Jennifer Lawless<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Jennifer Lawless is professor of government at American University. 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