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The need for voter ID laws is a contentious and politically driven argument that tends to crop up around election years following the passage of the first
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When George Washington became the commanding officer of the Continental Army, he accepted no pay from the Continental Congress. He believed in
Distrust in traditional media sources is not limited to the United States and is prevalent in nations in the Middle East, according to recent research conducted by Northwestern University in
The practice of wiretapping has taken a new shape as technology has evolved. Telephone lines are no longer the only communication medium vulnerable to infiltration. E-mail, text messaging, and
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In the month of May alone, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) and the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) raked in a combined $10.8 million.
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The United States Supreme Court is expected to rule on the Defense of Marriage Act (Windsor v. United States) and California's Proposition 8 (Hollingsworth v.
A group of Pennsylvanian citizens, known as the Independent Pennsylvanians, have been working for the past 15 years towards changing undemocratic and archaic state laws which grossly favor the Democratic
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A bipartisan amendment to the Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act of 2013 (FARM Bill) that would guarantee a state's right to
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Surveillance states are a characteristic of dictatorships. The one-party, or one person, state typically restricts dissenting opinions that clash with the monopolistic status quo. The controversy involving
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One of the biggest issues in California this summer is the availability of energy and its affordability. Southern California will lose out on about 2,200
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Recently, the topic of banning plastic bags has become hotly debated. China has shown the world that an outright ban of plastic bags can be effective,
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A Pew poll released Monday found widespread opposition to the Obama administration’s decision to arm rebels in Syria. The
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