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Guess Why 1.1 Million Registered Pennsylvania Voters Were Disenfranchised in Yesterday's Primaries
On Tuesday, the Democratic and Republican Parties of Pennsylvania nominated candidates for governor, lieutenant governor, and the commonwealth's congressional delegation to Washington.Yet 1.1 million ...
16 May, 2018
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Could One Independent Become the Most Influential Politician in Colorado?
A group of independent candidates are running to be the first unaffiliated lawmakers elected to the legislature in Colorado history. The slate of independents was brought together by Unite Colorado, w ...
16 May, 2018
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Journalist Jordan Chariton: What I Learned Starting An Anti-Mainstream Media Company
From December 2015 when I began as The Young Turks first-ever reporter in the field to two and a half years later, I was fortunate enough to grow an audience by showing the stories of the downtrodden: ...
15 May, 2018
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Green Energy: The Future is Now
As the Green Party candidate for Congress in upstate NY District 21, when I describe the threats of global warming and the urgent need for an electric grid and national economy based on clean, renewab ...
15 May, 2018
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Coalition Says We Can Make Congress Listen Again
It is no secret that Americans are dissatisfied with the work Congress is doing. A 15 percent congressional approval rating has become the norm in American politics. Most voters don't feel either part ...
14 May, 2018
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Tornado Watch in Kansas
Last week I traveled to Kansas for an appearance at the Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics at the University of Kansas. Nestled in the hills of Lawrence (seemingly the only hills in this flattest of ...
09 May, 2018
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Voter Suppression: How Politicians Are At War With Your Vote
Voter suppression is a strategy to influence the outcome of an election by discouraging or preventing people from voting and is different from political campaigning.Campaigning attempts to change ...
09 May, 2018
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Empowerment for the Poor is a Political Reform Issue
On the Saturday a week before Mother's Day, I participated in the 34th Annual Harlem Mother's Day Parade. I was there on behalf of the Committee for Independent Community Action (CICA), foun ...
09 May, 2018
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Ex-CIA Chief John Brennan: Breaking The Iran Deal Endangers National Security
No one could accuse former CIA Director John Brennan of being a peacenik or too soft on the United States' enemies.The lifelong CIA man (he started with the agency as a Mid-East analyst and station ch ...
09 May, 2018
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How Does Ranked Choice Voting Work?
"Ranked choice voting" is gaining momentum in cities and states across the country. The attention it has gotten in places like Maine -- which will be the first state to use it for statewide elections ...
08 May, 2018
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