“Closed-door interactions.” That’s what the American Political Science Association (APSA) has recommended as one way to tackle congressional inaction. An APSA task force suggests that less transparency in
It seems that in every cycle there is debate about which states should hold the first presidential primary elections. Some state always seems to try to jump ahead of Iowa
Occasionally, an editorial from another publication will catch my eye while looking through Google about how independents are either a myth or nothing more than "political hipsters." In
The number of
marijuana legalization initiatives vying for the November ballot in California is now four.
The “Cannabis Policy Reform Act of 2014,″ by marijuana activist Ed Rosenthal, was submitted
One of the benefits sold by former U.S. President Bill Clinton to approve the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) in 1993 was that the agreement would reduce illegal
Recently, American foreign policy priorities have been highly focused on the Middle East and Asia-Pacific regions. Between winding down the U.S. military presence in Iraq and Afghanistan and
As the 2014 midterm elections approach, parties and candidates are organizing, and potential swing districts are already in campaign mode.
One such district, the Illinois 13th, stretches from Collinsville in
The above video is embedded from BenSwann.com.
According to top U.S. officials, the White House is debating whether or not to launch a lethal drone strike against another
Month 8 in Evan Falchuk’s diary of his Independent campaign for Governor of MassachusettsAny campaign for public office is busy, I’d guess, but I didn’t realize quite
On February 11, thousands of websites will host banners urging people to call or email Congress and speak out against the National Security Agency's practices of mass surveillance.
Yesterday, in a classroom of about 400 people, my professor asked: “Are you free?”
America is the Land of Freedom. People come to the U.S. assuming that their choices
