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The Next Marriage Battle
The Next Marriage Battle
So California’s Proposition 8 is gone. A coalition of liberal and conservative justices decided today that they did not have to decide the question they had just decided because the party that they au ...
26 Jun, 2013
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Nationwide Fair Redistricting Would End Gerrymandering
Nationwide Fair Redistricting Would End Gerrymandering
credit: Votecitizens.orgGerrymandering has become a prevalent hurdle to meaningful political participation across the country (with few exceptions, including California*). The duopoly at their finest ...
26 Jun, 2013
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Amendment to Protect Industrial Hemp Production Survives House Vote
Amendment to Protect Industrial Hemp Production Survives House Vote
Source: Industrial Hemp Tasmania / FacebookA bipartisan amendment to the Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act of 2013 (FARM Bill) that would guarantee a state's right to make its own de ...
20 Jun, 2013
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Debate Over CA Online Voting Bill Weighs Accessibility Against Security
Debate Over CA Online Voting Bill Weighs Accessibility Against Security
Independent voters now account for approximately 40 percent of all voters in the United States. Following the national trend, California voters are increasingly leaving the two major parties, with alm ...
17 May, 2013
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Kentucky US Rep. Thomas Massie Charts His Own Path
Kentucky US Rep. Thomas Massie Charts His Own Path
Congressman Geoff Davis, a Republican serving Kentucky's 4th congressional district, announced in 2011 that he was retiring from office at the end of his term, but in the summer of 2012, Davis resigne ...
20 Jan, 2013
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Mental Health and Media Unspoken Factors in Gun Debate
Mental Health and Media Unspoken Factors in Gun Debate
Credit: lcmh.com/psychIn the ongoing debate about how to stop mass shootings like Columbine, Virginia Tech, and now Sandy Hook Elementary, there are two issues that are being largely ignored in favor ...
03 Jan, 2013
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5 Media Fails of 2012
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 ...
26 Dec, 2012
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Petraeus, Eisenhower, and the Cold War Pledge
Petraeus, Eisenhower, and the Cold War Pledge
Credit: washingtonpost.comLast August, the Drudge Report pushed a story about CIA Director and four star general, David Petraeus, who was said to be on the short list of Governor Romney’s potential v ...
22 Nov, 2012
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Online Petitions for Secession: Have Americans Forgotten the Past?
Online Petitions for Secession: Have Americans Forgotten the Past?
Citizens in nearly thirty states have signed online petitions propagating secession from the United States. These states have filed their petitions with the We the People Program, a facet of the Obama ...
14 Nov, 2012
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Union Dissolved
Union Dissolved
Since Obama won reelection a week ago, the White House website has been flooded with petitions from citizens in various states wanting their states to secede from the union.  It is important to n ...
13 Nov, 2012
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