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Sophie Cabot Black: Democracy Until

And to set fire before heading on
Is also to say it does not matter
Which part is played
But that it gets played.

November 4, 2024 · 10 Comments

Christine Rhein: Attack of the Five-Foot-Four Woman 

In truth, only five foot three and a half,
and attack, too, a bit of a stretch

August 10, 2024 · 10 Comments

Brett Wilkins: US Voter Registrations Surge as Republicans Try to Limit Ballot Access

One group said it has registered over 100,000 new voters since U.S. President Joe Biden dropped out of the 2024 race. 

July 29, 2024 · 7 Comments

Patricia A. Nugent: Dog Poop

His veiled threat obviously didn’t shut me up; I can’t let it. As Audre Lourde reminds us, “Your silence will not protect you.” 

December 9, 2023 · 14 Comments

Midterms 2022: 4 experts on the effects of voter intimidation laws, widespread mail-invoting – and what makes a winner

Four scholars give us their initial observations on the voting, in an election whose outcome may be be determined by voters’ concerns about the economy and democracy – and whose full results will take days or weeks to know.

November 10, 2022 · 2 Comments

Gail Langstroth: How to Fill-out your Mail-in Ballot

And I Saw. The Lamb opens one of the seven seals
and I hear one of the four animals with
a thunderous voice cry

October 26, 2020 · 3 Comments

Daniel R. Cobb: Democracy Dies Without You

Everything that lives needs sustenance.  Every rose. Every child. Without sustenance, life perishes. Democracy is a living thing because it embodies the vibrant, shining hopes and dreams of the people.  Democracy is … Continue reading

November 6, 2018 · 3 Comments

Bill Moyers, Michael Winship: Don’t Let Them Silence You — Vote, Dammit.

A new nationwide effort to suppress the vote, nurtured by fear and fierce resistance to inevitable demographic change, has hammered the ideals of democracy in the United States. (Photo: Erik … Continue reading

November 2, 2014 · Leave a comment

Allan J. Lichtman: Who Rules America?

“The public be damned!” — William H. Vanderbilt, railroad magnate, 1882  A shattering new study by two political science professors has found that ordinary Americans have virtually no impact whatsoever … Continue reading

August 14, 2014 · Leave a comment

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