If you find yourself voting in Alabama, Indiana, Michigan, Kentucky, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina or Utah, you might be surprised by an option at the top of your ballot. It goes by many names–straight-ticket voting, straight-party vot...
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If you find yourself voting in Alabama, Indiana, Michigan, Kentucky, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina or Utah, you might be surprised by an option at the top of your ballot. It goes by many names–straight-ticket voting, straight-party vot...
The American vote is broken. The solution may not be to bring the people to the polls, but rather to bring the polls to the people by allowing them to vote at home. The 2018 election cycle revealed that weaknesses continue to exist in our current ele...
The American vote is broken. The solution may not be to bring the people to the polls, but rather to bring the polls to the people by allowing them to vote at home. The 2018 election cycle revealed that weaknesses continue to exist in our current ele...
When American founding father Elbridge Gerry said, “the evils we experience flow from the excess of democracy,” he probably didn’t have judicial elections in mind. But the uniquely American and singularly deleterious practice of determining jud...
When American founding father Elbridge Gerry said, “the evils we experience flow from the excess of democracy,” he probably didn’t have judicial elections in mind. But the uniquely American and singularly deleterious practice of determining jud...
On January 22, 1973, the Supreme Court issued one of the most consequential decisions of the century: Roe v. Wade. Crafting an argument based on the implicit right to privacy, Justice Blackmun made history by declaring abortion legal under the Consti...
On January 22, 1973, the Supreme Court issued one of the most consequential decisions of the century: Roe v. Wade. Crafting an argument based on the implicit right to privacy, Justice Blackmun made history by declaring abortion legal under the Consti...
At the 2016 Democratic National Convention, President Barack Obama urged a fuming crowd to translate their anger into votes. The mantra “Don’t Boo, Vote” thereafter became a rallying cry in the waning months of Hillary Clinton’s presidential ...
At the 2016 Democratic National Convention, President Barack Obama urged a fuming crowd to translate their anger into votes. The mantra “Don’t Boo, Vote” thereafter became a rallying cry in the waning months of Hillary Clinton’s presidential ...
During election season, the economy is always a hot topic for politicians. In the United States and most European countries, there has been a recent right-wing, nationalistic upsurge which has dedicated a large platform to the economy. With so much ...
During election season, the economy is always a hot topic for politicians. In the United States and most European countries, there has been a recent right-wing, nationalistic upsurge which has dedicated a large platform to the economy. With so much ...
Few things feel more powerful than being surrounded by young people who are taking a risk to speak out and fight for justice. Disrupting the DNC Summer Meeting at the Hyatt Regency Chicago this past August, an effort to demand the DNC reject fossil f...
Few things feel more powerful than being surrounded by young people who are taking a risk to speak out and fight for justice. Disrupting the DNC Summer Meeting at the Hyatt Regency Chicago this past August, an effort to demand the DNC reject fossil f...
The political parties of the United States continuously fail the nation’s poor. Republicans have devised a tax plan that disenfranchises the lower classes while assisting America’s rich. Yet, they present themselves as the party that cares about ...
The political parties of the United States continuously fail the nation’s poor. Republicans have devised a tax plan that disenfranchises the lower classes while assisting America’s rich. Yet, they present themselves as the party that cares about ...
In the present-day United States, no landmark political decision is insulated from commercial interests: The Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), better known as the Iran Nuclear Deal, not only reflects the cautious diplomacy between the Unite...
In the present-day United States, no landmark political decision is insulated from commercial interests: The Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), better known as the Iran Nuclear Deal, not only reflects the cautious diplomacy between the Unite...
The Kyrgyz Republic, a small mountainous country in Central Asia, has been through multiple violent revolutions, in both 2005 and 2010.The post-Soviet nation has just been through another revolution, yet of a completely different kind; on October 15t...
The Kyrgyz Republic, a small mountainous country in Central Asia, has been through multiple violent revolutions, in both 2005 and 2010.The post-Soviet nation has just been through another revolution, yet of a completely different kind; on October 15t...
Lost amidst the perpetual scandals, ruthless mudslinging, and overall unprecedented nature of the 2016 American Presidential election was the sobering fact that only about 55% of voting age citizens cast their ballots this November- a new 20-year low...
Lost amidst the perpetual scandals, ruthless mudslinging, and overall unprecedented nature of the 2016 American Presidential election was the sobering fact that only about 55% of voting age citizens cast their ballots this November- a new 20-year low...
In an era of hyper-polarization and fast-paced digital communication, political conversations are happening more often than ever before. Never has it been so easy for Americans from all walks of life and from all regions of the country to engage in p...
In an era of hyper-polarization and fast-paced digital communication, political conversations are happening more often than ever before. Never has it been so easy for Americans from all walks of life and from all regions of the country to engage in p...