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Tag: Elections

The one New Year’s resolution you need to keep in 2016: Vote

December 31, 2015 Renee Shur 2016 Election, Voting/Elections One comment

Lose weight. Build muscle. Quit smoking. Drink less. Eat healthy. Buy less. Repurpose More. Travel farther. Do these sound familiar? Are any of these

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Voting rights watch: Is the pendulum swinging back toward democracy?

September 1, 2015 Gloria Shur Bilchik Civil Rights, Democracy, Voting/Elections Leave a comment

It has been very disconcerting to watch voting rights erode in America over the past 30 years or so. For those of us naïve

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Elizabeth Warren: Change will happen when enough people say “I’m mad as hell”

June 17, 2015 Madonna Gauding 2016 Election, Corruption, Democrats One comment

At a recent conference of media and tech influencers, a member of the audience asked Elizabeth Warren a simple question. Her spontaneous and passionate

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I’ve changed my mind about Israel. Netanyahu is to blame.

March 18, 2015 Steve Sorkin International Leave a comment

The 2015 election results in Israel are a hot topic. I have read many comments on Facebook. and elsewhere online, from Israelis and American

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The unbearable invisibility of political underdogs

August 1, 2014 Gloria Shur Bilchik 2014 Election, Campaigns, Missouri region, Voting/Elections 2 comments

In theory, Americans love the underdog. In practice—especially in 21st century media coverage of political campaigns—underdog candidates might as well be wearing Harry Potter’s

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Dangerous beliefs: US moral superiority and our right to world hegemony

June 19, 2014 Madonna Gauding Banks, Campaigns, Corporations, Corruption, Democrats, Foreign Policy, Obama, Politics, War 3 comments

[by Madonna Gauding] In the windowless rooms of American corporate media, the assumption of U.S. hegemony is echoed on the alphabet TV channels and

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Jimmy Carter: “America no longer has a functioning democracy”

July 24, 2013 Madonna Gauding Banks, Civil liberties, Corporations, FBI/NSA/CIA, Privacy/surveillance Leave a comment

On Tuesday, July 16, at an event in Atlanta, ex-president Jimmy Carter made his blockbuster statement referring to, among other issues, the mass surveillance

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How to fix long lines at polling places

February 14, 2013 Gloria Shur Bilchik 2012 Election, Civil Rights, Good government, Voting/Elections Leave a comment

No one should have to stand in line for three hours to vote in a presidential election. But that’s just what 102-year-old Desiline Victor had

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Hurricane Sandy’s election impact: What if polling places can’t open by Election Day?

November 1, 2012 Arthur Lieber 2012 Election, Climate Change, Congress, Government, Politics, Public safety, States, Transportation, Voting/Elections Leave a comment

Hurricane Sandy hit the East Coast on Sunday, October 28 and Monday, October 29,  slightly more than a week before Election Day 2012. Suppose

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Voter canvassing: Who knew it could be funny?

September 20, 2012 Barbara Finch 2012 Election, Campaigns, Humor Leave a comment

During an election season, there are a lot of things that supporters can do for their candidates.  Give money, of course.  Distribute literature door-to-door. 

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A new book by Arthur Lieber. Political Introverts: How Empathetic Voters Can Help Save American Politics.  Buy it here.

Gloria Shur Bilchik’s new book, Election Insiders: Behind the scenes with the people who make your vote count. Kindle edition now available at Amazon.

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