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What are the most important issues facing children and families in our community? A local nonprofit -- The Children's Agenda -- has a list of legislative…
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ConnectionsWill 2018 be the year of young voters? November’s election season is projected to be the first in which millennials will outnumber baby boomers as the…
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ConnectionsRanked-choice voting is popular in other parts of the voting world, but not in the United States. That could change, if voter advocacy groups get their…
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ConnectionsWhy do so few people vote? Last week, in primaries across the country, a very small percentage of voters decided to participate. New York State had…
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ConnectionsShould the voting age be lowered to 16? It’s a question that has resurfaced over the last few days, as students across the country have spoken out about…
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ConnectionsVoting reform remains a challenge to overcome in the U.S. and in individual states. According to the League of Women Voters, New York ranked 41st in voter…
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Election Day has arrived and a Gallup poll finds that six in ten Americans want to abolish the Electoral College; they want the popular vote to determine…
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Donald Trump is continuing to claim that the election will be rigged if he loses, and that voters can't trust the process. There is, of course, no…
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President Obama said recently that he'll consider it an "insult" to his legacy if black voters don't turn out in large numbers in November. Right on cue,…
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Forget the presidential election. Why don't Americans get more involved in local politics? Why don't they vote in primaries, or organize, or care about…