| Oct 10, 2012 | Rights / DemocracyIf in charge, You’d like to stay; Keep others home, On election day. In some nations, the government is committed to getting everyone out to vote. Some of our states, like California, have special voter protection acts aimed at the same goal. But elsewhere, it...
| Oct 3, 2012 | Rights / DemocracyWhen I hear conservatives like Mississippi Governor Phil Bryant, Alabama State Senator Scott Beason, and Pennsylvania House Majority Leader Representative Mike Turzai try to rationalize their bid to disenfranchise minority, elderly, and student voters, I pivot quickly...
| Sep 17, 2012 | Rights / DemocracyThe Republican Party claims to be the party of small government — with the obvious exceptions of denying marriage equality and reproductive rights. But there’s another kind of big government that the party has overwhelmingly and enthusiastically gotten...
| Jul 23, 2012 | Rights / DemocracyThe list of 2012 swing states includes Ohio, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Florida, Nevada, Iowa, Virginia, North Carolina, and Colorado. Whichever candidate carries these “battlegrounds,” where neither presidential candidate currently has a clear lead, will...
