Pundits and political experts contend that the nation’s growing number of Hispanic voters may decide many of this November’s crucial election battles, including the race for the White House. But unprecedented restrictions on voting access for minorities could leave nearly half of the 23 million registered Latino voters in the United States unable to cast [...]
AMERICAN PRIORITIES: MORE MONEY FOR PRISONS, LESS FOR HIGHER EDUCATION. An alarming trend that has taken hold in the United States is a startling divergence in the amount of public money earmarked for the sustenance of the nation”s system of higher education versus that spent on incarceration. America is now a place where [...]
An exhaustive new study of nationwide election fraud cases finds that in-person impersonation of voters is “virtually non-existent,” severely damaging the rationale behind dozens of new state voter ID laws that supporters claim are crucial to ensuring the integrity of elections. At least 37 states have passed or considered new laws and regulations requiring voters [...]
New restrictions on voting rights included in legislation passed by numerous states since the last presidential election is being blamed for the potential disenfranchisement of millions of currently registered voters — including nearly one million in Pennsylvania alone — in time for this November’s contest. The nationwide crackdown on voting is being described as a [...]
Natural gas development has exploded across the United States thanks to non-existent regulations, political support and a nod of approval from the Obama administration. But are the economic and environmental challenges associated with relying on natural gas and other underground fossil fuels deposits being sourced in seemingly every corner of the country as America’s future [...]
As the number of Americans seeking assistance from states and the federal government swell to record levels in a sluggish post-recession economy, more and more politicians are actually seeking ways to impede the access to government aid for the poor. The question of how much the federal government and states should be doing to aid the tens of millions [...]
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