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Strong Second Quarter Fundraising For Congressional Incumbents
credit: thv11.comThe 2014 midterm election is more than a year away. Nevertheless, congressional incumbents have been busy gearing up for the ever-longer campaign season. The fundraising deadline for...
Can States Nullify The Affordable Care Act?
President Obama signs healthcare reform in 2010 // Credit: Reid.senate.govCan a state unilaterally suspend the operation of ObamaCare within its borders? Of course not. That measure would violate the...
When Is Minority Participation Representation, and When Is It Tokenism?
In Minnesota, the recent decision which overturns the congressional affirmation of the provisions of the Voting Rights Act from the 1960s provoked an inappropriate tweet from a democrat in the state l...
Open Primaries Spark Debate
Regardless of one’s party affiliation or political views, it is obvious there is something seriously wrong with the way elections are conducted in the United States. They are expensive, exclusive, and...
Mapping Happiness on Twitter: Where Does Your State Rank?
According to recent research mapping sentiment on Twitter, Napa - located in the heart of California's Wine Country region - is home to the happiest tweeters in the nation.California as a whole, howev...
Texas Water Wars Foreshadow Nationwide Trend
Ricardo Garza / Shutterstock.comIn 2012, the United States experienced the worst drought in the last 50 years. Sixty-one percent of the country was affected by it, leading states to increase their w...
What is an Executive Order?
On Wednesday, President Obama signed 23 executive orders that will address the issue of gun control in the United States in various ways, including measures to improve the federal background check sys...
Human Trafficking in the US Extended to Guest Teaching Program
Credit: idt911blog.comIt is not the common case of human trafficking in the US when federal guestworkers are financially exploited. Earlier this month, Nunag Tanedo v. East Baton Rouge Parish Sc...
Human Trafficking in the US Extended to Guest Teaching Program
Credit: idt911blog.comIt is not the common case of human trafficking in the US when federal guestworkers are financially exploited. Earlier this month, Nunag Tanedo v. East Baton Rouge Parish Sc...
5 Media Fails of 2012
Another year has passed and a handful of notable media misreports along with it. One of the most prestigious journalists was caught plagiarizing another journalist’s work this year as well as one repo...