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Actual Supreme Court News: Gerrymandering Cases Make New Appearance
Actual Supreme Court News: Gerrymandering Cases Make New Appearance
As Brett Kavanaugh proceeds through an FBI investigation, a partisan war, and a scathing court of public opinion, the world seems to have forgotten the institution he is headed toward - the Supreme Co ...
02 Oct, 2018
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Safer Roads, Bigger Privacy Concerns: A Primer on Self-Driving Cars and Transportation Policy
Safer Roads, Bigger Privacy Concerns: A Primer on Self-Driving Cars and Transportation Policy
I. The State of Self-Driving Car Technology and The PossibilitiesIn the 1990 film, Total Recall (starring Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sharon Stone), the protagonist played by the now former governor of ...
24 Sep, 2018
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5 min read
NC Gerrymandering: Plaintiffs Petition Court Not to Force New Maps Before Midterms
NC Gerrymandering: Plaintiffs Petition Court Not to Force New Maps Before Midterms
NORTH CAROLINA - Plaintiffs in the North Carolina gerrymandering case -- including Common Cause and the state's League of Women Voters --  are asking federal judges to hold off on forcing the sta ...
04 Sep, 2018
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How The Fair Representation Act Can Defuse Weaponized Gerrymandering
How The Fair Representation Act Can Defuse Weaponized Gerrymandering
 Modern data-driven map making capabilities have made the age-old practice of drawing congressional districts to favor a political party – gerrymandering – a frighteningly precise and effective w ...
30 Aug, 2018
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4 min read
Three-Judge Panel Strikes Down N.C. District Maps for Partisan Manipulation
Three-Judge Panel Strikes Down N.C. District Maps for Partisan Manipulation
A three-judge panel ruled Monday that North Carolina's congressional districts once again violated the US Constitution. This time, however, it was not on racial grounds -- but partisan.The court furth ...
28 Aug, 2018
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OPINION: American Democracy Is Dead!
OPINION: American Democracy Is Dead!
Americans have to admit that our democracy -- the great experiment -- is dead. Our government does not look or function as our Founding Fathers intended. In fact, it has failed in the fundamental pu ...
05 Mar, 2018
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4 min read
The Challenge To “Winner-Take-All” Launched
The Challenge To “Winner-Take-All” Launched
Beginning today, in four states across the country, lawsuits will be filed to challenge the way presidential electors are selected in America. The plaintiffs in these suits charge that the “winner-tak ...
23 Feb, 2018
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9 min read
Black Voting Rights Leader: BOTH Parties Guilty of Voter Suppression
Black Voting Rights Leader: BOTH Parties Guilty of Voter Suppression
I am a physician and a black woman who grew up poor and came of age in the 1970’s. I‘ve spent 25 years practicing medicine, mainly in Harlem, and I care deeply about the state of our country, about th ...
16 Feb, 2018
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3 min read
Military Parades Are Really Partisan Spectacles
Military Parades Are Really Partisan Spectacles
It’s that time of year again…The time of year where President Trump asks for a military parade and the partisans on both sides go nuts.“It’s like they’re from communist Russia, wanting to show off our ...
14 Feb, 2018
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3 min read
3 News Stories With More Impact Than Texts Between Lovers
3 News Stories With More Impact Than Texts Between Lovers
Read about what really matters from the news last week. We provide you the least-biased news about current events so you can go about your day informed, not brainwashed.What to avoid: The texts were ...
29 Jan, 2018
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