From the Tea Party, to Occupy Wall Street, to the growing number of organizations like Votizen and Americans Elect, to informal movements like those opposing the Stop Online Piract Act (SOPA), to those on both sides of the gay marriage debate, non-partisans all over the United States are having an impact on local, state, and national politics. Activism often embodies the general voter sentiment and is an important element of a participatory democracy.
In this 61-million-person experiment, Facebook users were presented with a “social, non-partisan ‘get out the vote’ nessage at the top of their news feeds on Nov. 2, 2012.
Rick Stewart is the activist behind Help the Commission on Presidential Debates. He has spent the past several months waging a campaign to petition the Commission on Presidential Debates (CPD).
President Obama and Mitt Romney are crossing the political aisle to participate in the annual Clinton Global Initiative meeting. CGI, founded by former President Bill Clinton, brings together some of the most.
Talks to avert the city’s first teachers strike in twenty-five years will continue throughout the weekend between Mayor Rahm Emanuel and the Chicago Teachers Union.
On Wednesday, Los Angeles mayor Antonio Villaraigosa took a voice vote to re-insert the Jerusalem language into the platform.
What do the Democratic and Republican parties think about the Constitution? This table offers a side-by-side comparison of their platforms.
In her “Green New Deal,” Jill Stein addresses the economy, the environment, unemployment, the 1%, and many more issues that the Green Party believes are dire.
