New research indicates politics may be a matter of life or death. A study published June 7 by the BMJ examined mortality rates and voting
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New York’s proposed congressional map blasted by GOP, could have national impact
Steve Bittenbender | The Center Square contributor February 1st, 2022 (The Center Square) – New York Republicans are crying foul over a new Congressional map
WHY DO SUPREME COURT JUSTICES KEEP SAYING THEY’RE NOT HACKS?
Because there’s good reason to believe they are. By Jim Hightower | November 3, 2021/Previously published in OtherWords.org Assorted Ideas, Large & Small Ralph Waldo Emerson once
TIP OF THE ICEBERG
Khalil Bendib / OtherWords.org Assorted Ideas, Large & Small A federal indictment against the Trump Organization might be just the beginning of Donald Trump’s future
Op-Ed: Critical race theory is about to face its day(s) in court
John Murawski | RealClearInvestigations/April 27th, 2021 As recently as last summer, few people outside academia had heard of critical race theory, whose central claim is that racism, not liberty, is the founding value and guiding vision of American society. Then, President Donald Trump issued an executive order last September banning the teaching of this “malign
Faith in numbers: Trump held steady among believers at the ballot – it was the nonreligious vote he lost in 2020
Ryan Burge, Eastern Illinois University For all the predictions and talk of a slump in support among evangelicals, it appears Donald Trump’s election loss was not at the hands of religious voters. As an analyst of religious data, I’ve been crunching data released in March 2021 that breaks down the 2020 U.S. presidential election results
I Met Chuck Schumer in Union Square, Talked the Filibuster and Joe Manchin
We bumped into Senator Chuck Schumer in Union Square today as he retail politicked his way through the Farmers Market. First impression: He’s shorter than you think. Second, I’m still pissed over what he and Kristen Gillibrand did to Al Franken.
Women are still less than one-third of Congress and state legislatures, even after two big election cycles
A Republican rebound drove overall gains in 2020, but women are still underrepresented at all legislative levels, according to a new analysis by Rutgers University’s Center for Women and Politics. Amanda Becker
House Democrats pass major legislation on voting rights and government ethics
The bill, which comes as a number of state legislatures push for new voting restrictions, faces steeper odds in the Senate. Barbara Rodriguez Originally published by The 19th House Democrats on Wednesday night approved a sweeping voting rights and government ethics bill that seeks to expand voting access and make campaign finance more transparent. The
Most US states don’t have a filibuster – nor do many democratic countries
Joshua Holzer, Westminster College As the U.S. Senate proceeds with its business, split 50-50 between Republicans on one side and Democrats and independents on the other, lawmakers and the public at large are concerned about the future of the filibuster.
