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Can Non-Residents Vote in Local Elections Where They Own Property?
For nearly two hundred years, voting has predominantly been tied to fixed residency: citizens are entitled to vote in the districts in which they live. While seemingly a fair and direct...
OPINION: Socially Responsible Products Do Make a Difference
I love the concept of socially responsible products. Not from any liberal bias or complete hatred of the capitalist system, but because it represents a maturation of capitalism.This concept has grown ...
The First Amendment You Know Was Not The One Proposed by the Founders
We all know that the Bill of Rights enshrined in the Constitution contains ten amendments. However, it is less well known that the Bill of Rights sent to the states for ratification originally contain...
What The Urbanization of the Nation Means for American Politics Today
In response to How State, Federal Courts Are Working to End Partisan Gerrymandering, published July 13, I received several emails and Facebook messages questioning the statistic that the United States...
Focus on What Makes America Work; While Eliminating the Vestiges of Hatred
In 1636, my 11th-great-grandfather, the Rev. Thomas Hooker, founded the colony of Connecticut and contributed greatly to the ideas of constitutional government and universal Christian suffrage in colo...
Working Families Party: The Most Influential Third Party in the U.S.?
In February 2015, Edwin Gomes became the first candidate running solely on the Working Families Party (WFP) line to win a seat in a state legislature. Gomes beat out four other candidates in a special...
#StandWithRand: POTUS Candidate Filibusters to End NSA Spying
Kentucky U.S. Senator Rand Paul announced on his Facebook page and Twitter account that he has taken the Senate floor to begin his filibuster of renewing the PATRIOT Act, specifically provisions in Se...
Events and Issues Don't Define History... People Do
Two-time Pulitzer Prize winning author and historian, David McCullough, is perhaps best known for his biographies of John Adams and Harry Truman. His most recent book, The Wright Brothers, is his thir...
Religious Freedom Laws and The Media's Role in Manufacturing Rage
A pizzeria in Walkerton, Indiana is getting national attention after a local news station asked its operators if they would extend their services for a same-sex wedding. It was clear that proprietors ...
Washington State Boycotts Indiana over 'Religious Freedom' Law
On Monday, Washington Governor Jay Inslee banned the use of state money to travel to Indiana. The move, which followed similar actions by Seattle Mayor Ed Murray and Connecticut Governor Dan Malloy, i...