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Voting rights watch: KS and AZ have scary plans for “two-tier” voting

October 11, 2013 Gloria Shur Bilchik Civil Rights, Courts, Federalism, Government, Republicans, Voting/Elections Leave a comment

Republican Secretaries of State in Kansas and Arizona are devising a whole new way to make voting harder. Thwarted by the U.S. Supreme Court

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If you won’t talk about guns, you’re not a progressive

May 9, 2012 Arthur Lieber Congress, Courts, Crime/Violence, Environment, Health care, Obama Leave a comment

Progressives are often considered professorial, which in many circles is tantamount to being called wordy. Contrary to that questionable conventional wisdom is a definition

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Frivolous displays of guns with Santa speak volumes about Arizona

December 19, 2011 Arthur Lieber Crime/Violence, States, Violence Leave a comment

The word that comes to mind when seeing the photo above is shame. The photo comes from Arizona, where Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords was gunned

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More AZ shenanigans: a personal “army” for the governor

March 14, 2011 Gloria Shur Bilchik Government, Politics, States One comment

A bill currently in play in the Arizona legislature would establish a State Defense Force (SDF) that could be called up for whatever reason

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National Institute for Civil Discourse opens in…Arizona?

March 7, 2011 Gloria Shur Bilchik Politics, States Leave a comment

In a development whose irony cannot be ignored, the University of Arizona launched the National Institute for Civil Discourse [NICD] at the end of

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