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Five Things Your Tax Dollars Could Fund Instead of an Illegal Iran War
While Americans are struggling to afford basic necessities, the Trump Administration is pouring billions of dollars into an illegal war in Iran.
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In College? Want to Vote? Check the Voter ID Laws
Some students are learning the hard way about changing voter ID requirements
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The Internet Discussion We’re Not Having
Our media are letting us down. From their mostly vapid coverage of the 2016 Presidential campaign on television to the paucity of new information on the Internet’s major “news” sites, the communications ecosystem is failing our democracy. It’s a failure that has already cost us dearly and a breakdown that will only get worse until we recognize and confront the damage that has been done. Sadly, amid the incessant hurling of personal broadsides and character assassination from many of the candidates, and the ubiquitous...
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Super Tuesday Could Decide Both Party Nominees
This is a crucial day in the selection of our next President.
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Registration Form Changes Target Student Voters
Common Cause is challenging a federal official's approval of changes to voter registration forms used in three states.
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Washington’s Wisdom: Advice to the Senate on the Supreme Court Vacancy from a Real Originalist
This afternoon, the United States Senate will observe one of its most hallowed traditions: the annual reading of President George Washington's farewell address, penned in 1796. Every year, a senator is assigned to read the address into the Congressional Record, and then adding his or her signature to a leather-bound book that is kept by the secretary of the Senate for posterity. This observance began during the Civil War.
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Gerrymander Gazette – February 2016
In this monthly newsletter, Common Cause will provide periodic updates on the goofy politics that allow this anachronism to survive and the grassroots campaigns, legislative efforts, and litigation that are allowing citizens to fight back and make their voices heard.
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Gerrymander Gazette – March 2016
In this monthly newsletter, Common Cause will provide periodic updates on the goofy politics that allow this anachronism to survive and the grassroots campaigns, legislative efforts, and litigation that are allowing citizens to fight back and make their voices heard.
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Analyse des Aufrufs zu einem neuen Verfassungskonvent
Common Cause warnt Redakteure und Reporter vor den Gefahren eines vorgeschlagenen Verfassungskonvents
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Tuesday, March 8
PLUTOCRACY, ITS CONSEQUENCES, AND THE FIGHT FOR DEMOCRACY
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BREAKING: Ford Leaves ALEC!
ALEC, Ford, climate change
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Democracy reform is becoming the defining issue of the 2016 race
Campaign finance, money in politics, Bernie Sanders, Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump, John Kasich, 2016 election, New Hampshire, redistricting, Citizens United, disclosure, Ted Cruz
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Bundesgericht ordnet Neuaufteilung der Kongresswahlbezirke in North Carolina an
Ein aus drei Richtern bestehendes Bundesbezirksgericht hat entschieden, dass es sich bei der Wahlkreismanipulation im 1. und 12. Kongresswahlbezirk von North Carolina um ein unrechtmäßiges rassistisches Vorgehen handelt, und angeordnet, dass die Wahlkreise des Staates bis zum 19. Februar neu zugeschnitten werden.
