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6 Podcasts For Voters Fed Up with Partisan News
6 Podcasts For Voters Fed Up with Partisan News
In the current political environment, voters are looking for alternative perspectives that challenge the two-sided narrative we get in the media. Nonpartisan and independent news can enable citiz ...
27 Sep, 2018
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3 min read
Two Types of Ranked Choice Voting: How They Differ and What They Mean For Your Vote
Two Types of Ranked Choice Voting: How They Differ and What They Mean For Your Vote
The success of Maine as the first state to use ranked choice voting statewide has brought newfound national attention to ranked choice voting. There’s much to like in this replacement to our fractious ...
26 Sep, 2018
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9 min read
OPINION: Social Media Is Killing Thoughtful Citizenship, But There Is A Solution
OPINION: Social Media Is Killing Thoughtful Citizenship, But There Is A Solution
Social media is killing thoughtful citizenship. I see it and feel it every time I’m online. You do too.I get it. I really do. It’s so easy to get sucked into the vacuum of short bursts of Twitter snar ...
25 Sep, 2018
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3 min read
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
2018 Primaries Were Indeed Historic - For Good and Bad Reasons
2018 Primaries Were Indeed Historic - For Good and Bad Reasons
The 2018 primary season will go down in history.A record number of women secured party nominations, including the headline-making upsets by Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Ayanna ...
24 Sep, 2018
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3 min read
How Trump Plans to Conquer Cyber Warfare
How Trump Plans to Conquer Cyber Warfare
The best defense is a good offense according to the new National Cyber Strategy, announced by the White House. The US is set to play offense more than ever in the security war being fought somewhere a ...
23 Sep, 2018
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3 min read
3 Independent Female Candidates to Watch This Election
3 Independent Female Candidates to Watch This Election
As of August 2018, there were 423 third party and independent candidates who filed or declared congressional runs, compared to 1,185 Democrats and 1,034 Republicans. Of these 423 individuals, there ar ...
21 Sep, 2018
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3 min read
10 Facts About Donald Trump You Didn't Know
10 Facts About Donald Trump You Didn't Know
1. 2016 Wasn't The First Time Donald Trump Ran for PresidentIn 2012, Donald Trump made a brief appearance in the Republican primary, dipping his toe into the water, so to speak, and getting an idea fo ...
21 Sep, 2018
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3 min read
New: Georgia To Keep Unsafe Voting Machines for Midterms
New: Georgia To Keep Unsafe Voting Machines for Midterms
A federal district court judge has decided that Georgia will not switch to paper ballots this year and will instead keep its electronic voting system. Judge Amy Totenberg took state election officials ...
18 Sep, 2018
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4 min read
A Call for Problem Solvers: Congressmen Wanted
A Call for Problem Solvers: Congressmen Wanted
It’s not a secret that of all the major institutions in this country, Americans have by far the least amount of confidence in one of them: Congress.According to a Gallup 2018 poll, just 11% of Am ...
17 Sep, 2018
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6 min read