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01 Nov
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A 2022 voters’ guide for rejecting partisan politics
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It’s the most important election ever!   The 2022 midterms offer three options for individual voters to provide Congress with feedback, which are roughly analogous to a ...
11 Aug
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One weird trick to fix America’s democracy
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Photo Credit:  Inauguration Day: “Don’t blame me, I voted for Kodos!” (Clip) The American Union offers a different tactic for 2022 According to 58% of voters, America’s democratic ...
04 Jul
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The first rule of nonviolent revolution is: Do not play the lesser-of-two-evils game
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Also, talking about it is encouraged The American Union offers a nonviolent resolution to the 2022 midterms. By willingly accepting our Constitutional duties, a more perfect union ...
08 Apr
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America needs to stop being ‘exceptional’ on paid leave
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America is one of the last countries without paid maternity leave. (Photo by Bonnie Kittle on Unsplash) From the second a child is born, a parent’s entire world changes. Everything...
06 Apr
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Disrupting the duopoly
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Photo by Thought Catalog on Unsplash In America, the duopoly — the Republican and Democratic parties which dominate politics — is ripe for disruption. Dissatisfaction reached recor...
05 Apr
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Prison reform is necessary to establish justice
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To end mass incarceration, the US needs a series of prison reforms. (Rennett Stowe, Flickr) The Preamble to the Constitution demands that we “establish justice.” Any honest look at...
05 Apr
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Fixing qualified immunity
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Credit: WZZM/Rose White Last week, the US Supreme Court reinforced its support for qualified immunity, the legal doctrine that has been widely criticized for protecting police offi...
04 Apr
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Applying Dr. King’s six philosophical principles of nonviolence
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Rev. Martin Luther King press conference / World Telegram & Sun photo by Dick DeMarsico. Created / Published July 30, 1964. (Library of Congress) April 4, 2022, marks 54 years ...
23 Mar
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Everyone’s talking about a digital US dollar. Here’s what they’re missing
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A digital US dollar could be used to address poverty and income inequality. (Image: Kurtis Garbutt, CC 2.0 ) Digital currencies are everywhere these days. If it’s not Bitcoin, Ethe...
18 Mar
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Lessons from Pearl Harbor
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Ships burn during the attack on Pearl Harbor. Photo: Wikimedia Commons After the attack on Pearl Harbor, President Franklin Roosevelt said that December 7th, 1941, was “a day which...
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