When one says the phrase “American Indian,” what comes to mind? Is it the fierce looking warrior on horseback or perhaps the individual in war paint holding a repeating rifle,
U.S.-Iranian relations, it would seem, are on the mend. Abbas Milani, writing for The New Republic, reported on November 14 that Iranian officials "are suddenly eager to
It is not uncommon to hear the words “entitled,” “selfish,” and “lazy” to describe Generation Y, or as they are colloquially known -- millennials. Is this a fair assumption to make
Much has been made of the cost of New Jersey’s special senatorial election this past year, which saw Cory Booker elected to replace Frank Lautenberg as the Garden State&
When the federal government passed the Help America Vote Act (HAVA) and forcibly transitioned New York from what most agree were reliable lever-based voting machines to the new, unexplored
On Monday, the Supreme Court of the United States refused to hear a case brought by the Electronic Privacy Information Center which challenged the NSA's authority to collect
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There are basically five ways for money to flow into politics; well, six if you include the revolving door -- oh wait -- there's also the spousal side door and
When election season rolls around, Americans are inundated with TV ads, brochures, and phone calls from controversial groups looking to affect a candidate’s campaign or shift the momentum of
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A documentary project by Ken Burns and PBS, The Address, challenges Americans to rehearse and memorize one of the most iconic speeches
The GOP is trying to redesign its nomination process aiming to rein in the recent rash of extreme nominees who keep losing winnable races. These fringe nominees have secondary effects
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