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Frohnmayer: Voters to have Equal Voice under Unified Primary
Frohnmayer: Voters to have Equal Voice under Unified Primary
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ox1ZEPeztrgOregon voters may have an opportunity to reform state elections in November to a nonpartisan electoral system, but before this can happen, the initiative, cal...
More Republican Governors Accept Court Rulings on Gay Marriage
More Republican Governors Accept Court Rulings on Gay Marriage
Demonstrating a national sea change in views toward same-sex marriage, Pennsylvania is the latest state to see its ban on same-sex marriage ruled unconstitutional in federal court. This time the law w...
Federal Judges Have Authority To Overturn Same-Sex Marriage Bans
Federal Judges Have Authority To Overturn Same-Sex Marriage Bans
What seemed like a long and daunting uphill battle just a few years ago, now seems like an inevitable reality. In the last 11 months, 14 states have had their bans on same-sex marriage struck down, an...
Psychological Effects of Poverty Just As Bad As Physical
Psychological Effects of Poverty Just As Bad As Physical
For the 46.5 million Americans living below the poverty line, 16 million of which are children, life has become a consistent struggle. This struggle does not simply begin and end with monetary concern...
Pennsylvania Independents Demand Equal Access to Elections
Pennsylvania Independents Demand Equal Access to Elections
"Today, I and many other citizens of Pennsylvania will be denied the right to vote," independent Pennsylvania voter Tom Stack wrote in a letter to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. "It is not because we ar...
Frohnmayer: Over 50% of Oregon Voters Don't Have Equal Voice in Elections
Frohnmayer: Over 50% of Oregon Voters Don't Have Equal Voice in Elections
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6NbDOpx4g70The Approval Voting Primary Act in Oregon has cleared a major hurdle which could allow Unified Primaries to be put before Oregon voters later this y...
Thomas Piketty Is Changing the Discussion on Wealth in America
Thomas Piketty Is Changing the Discussion on Wealth in America
Thomas Piketty, a French economist trained at MIT and a professor at the Paris School of Economics, recently published a book two decades in the making, titled Capital in the 21st Century. The book ha...
Crime Reduces at Steeper Rate in States Allowing Medical Marijuana, Study Says
Crime Reduces at Steeper Rate in States Allowing Medical Marijuana, Study Says
Despite police fears that legal marijuana businesses attract crime, including under-the-table drug dealing, weapons violations, and robberies, a new study says the opposite might be the case.Researche...
Religions We Like/Religions We Don’t: The Real Stakes in Sebelius v. Hobby Lobby
Religions We Like/Religions We Don’t: The Real Stakes in Sebelius v. Hobby Lobby
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 your Facebook fr...
A Brief History of American National Security
A Brief History of American National Security
First, it's important to note the implied marriage between foreign policy and national security. Foreign policy is designed to promote national interests abroad and national security is design...