"Let us not seek the Republican answer or the Democratic answer, but the right answer."
John F. Kennedy spoke these words in 1958 regarding the political challenges faced
Nate Silver made waves on Sunday when he predicted a GOP win in the mid-term Senate elections.
After Silver's success predicting the 2012 elections, many are keeping
For decades, the American prison system has grown in size and shape.
According to the ACLU, the U.S. represents 5 percent of the world's population, but holds
Cable news has long been the subject of mockery by late night talk show hosts and comedians like Jon Stewart for either sensationalizing current events and political news or reporting
Though support for the tea party has been waning since 2010, it is hard to deny that it is still a mainstream movement in America in terms of awareness and
Let’s first consider the two questions that everybody is asking. The first of these — Can the government force business to purchase a particular insurance product? — is a question for
In Rebecca Traister’s fantastic book, Big Girls Don’t Cry: The Election That Changed Everything for American Women, she identified 2008 as a truly groundbreaking year. It was the
America is often referred to as a democracy, but in truth that is shorthand for a more nuanced reality. America is democratic, but it is also a republic. Democracy and
The one mistake people can make when considering the libertarian movement is that all libertarians are alike. When some people think of libertarians, they think of college students who kneel
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Following the 2012 presidential elections, Republicans recognized the need to diversify their voting population after Obama won 71 percent of the Hispanic vote,
For the past decade we have seen a steady erosion of representative democracy. The modern day arms race among powerful interests, which accelerated when poorly designed campaign finance reform was
Much of the news out of the defense department recently has revolved around all the cuts that are coming, particularly in the realm of troop numbers, pay, and benefits. But
