During Clinton’s uphill re-election campaign in 1996, the president relied heavily on the aid of pollsters. With the help of strategists such as Doug Schoen, Dick Morris, and
Since October 2013, 52,000 children from Central America have been apprehended crossing the U.S.-Mexico border illegally. They are coming here by themselves, many searching for their parents.
1. An opinion piece in the News Leader argues that Virginia should not indulge partisan calls to close the state's primaries after Eric Cantor lost his seat.
Interestingly
“Why even talk about June? It’s just a warm up,” said David Lee, the executive director of the Chinese American Voters Education Committee, who, after seeing the primary results,
Several states are adopting an alternative approach to measure their citizens' well-being and shape public policy.
In 2012, Vermont became the first state to pass a law mandating
“They set out with little or no money. Thousands, shelter workers say, make their way through Mexico clinging to the sides and tops of freight trains. Since the 1990s, Mexico
California’s Republican Party is counting on Orange County Supervisor Janet Nguyen to help break a potential two-thirds Democratic super-majority in the state legislature this November. She’s
1. A new lawsuit filed in federal court challenges restrictive ballot access laws for independent candidates in New Mexico.
The lawsuit, filed by a member of the Public Education Committee,
“Socialism never took root in America because the poor see themselves not as an exploited proletariat but as temporarily embarrassed millionaires.” -- John Steinbeck
Self-professed "zillionaire" Nick Hanauer
In June, Wisconsin witnessed both enormous highs and distressing setbacks for those who are battling for gay rights.
On June 6, 2014, District Judge Barbara Crabb overturned Wisconsin’s same-
