The federal Voting Rights Act was passed in 1965. Ironically, it passed just a year after Republican Senator Barry Goldwater’s launched his southern strategy
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Wyoming lawmakers are preparing for the apocalypse
There are many important issues facing Americans these days; health care, gas prices, employment, the 2012 election, education, wage equality. With so many real
Strong thinking from Obama on Keystone
Since Lyndon Johnson’s Great Society, liberals have rarely stood firm on key issues. Part of it is their own timidity; part of it is
Kudos to Pelosi for urging Obama to run against Congress
Progressives are all too familiar with Barack Obama’s desire, upon assuming the presidency, to want to work collaboratively with Congress. Indeed, he did have
Four days that really make our political system ugly
March 31, June 30, September 30, and December 31 are the most important dates of the year to most candidates running for office, other
George McGovern didn’t win, but he changed the Democratic Party
During the fall of 2011, C-SPAN ran a series called “The Contenders.” The Contenders were candidates who ran for president and lost. Some came
Alan Grayson: Why we need him back in Congress
Republicans like to refer to former Florida congressman Alan Grayson as “stupid.” If you put “Alan Grayson is stupid” in Google, you will get
What do Congressional staffers earn?
Angling for a behind-the-scenes staff job on Capitol Hill? If so, you’re probably curious about what salaries are like in the capital of the
America’s five ugliest Congressional districts
In the 1980s, as California redrew its Congressional district boundaries after the census, one Congressman called his draft of a district map his “contribution
Barack Obama for Prime Minister
Not too long ago, Fareed Zakaria pointed out in Time Magazine that there were economic benefits to industrialized countries that have parliamentary systems. He