Minority Population Growing, Dispersing: Fewer Congressional Districts Are Predominantly White
With Hispanics providing the principal engine, the nation's minority population is not only increasing but also dispersing beyond the big cities where...
With Hispanics providing the principal engine, the nation's minority population is not only increasing but also dispersing beyond the big cities where...
Paul Abrams | Posted 12.17.2009 | Politics
Because of the legal nicety of the corporation, established solely to promote commerce, we are now going to be treated to the permanent takeover of the US government by these humanly-created legal fictions.
Chris Weigant | Posted 12.08.2009 | Politics
Other interesting news from Republicanland is a new poll showing that, given three choices, voters state who they'd likely vote for in the 2010 election in the following order: (1) Democrats, (2) Tea Partiers, (3) Republicans.
The Atlantic | Marc Ambinder | Posted 12.02.2009 | Politics
Obama, speaking with a group of columnists and reporters at a White House lunch today, conceded that Americans "are right to be concerned" about the a...
Gary Hart | Posted 11.30.2009 | Politics
American citizens cannot decide whether they want to vote for followers or leaders. While decrying the lack of leadership in America, they punish elected officials who take unpopular but forward looking stands.
AP | ALISON MUTLER | Posted 11.23.2009 | World
BUCHAREST, Romania — The third-place candidate in Romania's presidential election threw his support Monday behind the Western-backed socialist w...
Amy Gershkoff | Posted 11.19.2009 | Politics
How should political campaigns communicate with working women? They are an electorate that is increasingly difficult to reach, but upon which all elections now hinge.
Mike Lux | Posted 11.10.2009 | Politics
For some perspective on the wisdom of the Democrats who are opposing health care reform, let's look at the elections last Tuesday.
Michael Winship | Posted 11.10.2009 | Politics
Instant analysis of election results from a handful of races in an off year election is not very significant one way or the other. We'd be wise not to buy into the tub-thumping or doomsaying of pundits posing as priestesses
New York Times | FRANK RICH | Posted 11.07.2009 | Politics
The Obama administration does not seem to understand that this rage, left unaddressed, could consume it. It has pushed aside the entreaties of many --...
David Parker | Posted 11.07.2009 | Comedy
Any time an American does anything at all, it is a demonstration of his or her support for, or opposition to, the President and his policies. Paying attention, Russia? That's how democracy works.
Lisa Solod Warren | Posted 11.06.2009 | Politics
Arianna Huffington 's headline in HuffPo Tuesday was "Obama One Year Later: The Audacity of Winning vs The Timidity of Governing." On Wednesday's Ha...
Heather Taylor-Miesle | Posted 11.05.2009 | Green
In the three big races of Election Day, the incumbent party lost. In order to turn around the country's anti-incumbency mood, our elected officials are going to have to start tackling the issues.
Jim Wallis | Posted 11.05.2009 | Politics
I think as people continue to see so much of politics as usual in this town -- partisan bickering and big money buying votes -- they are increasingly likely to vote against whatever represents the old politics for them.
Mike Lux | Posted 11.05.2009 | Politics
The biggest surprise Tuesday wasn't in the gubernatorial or congressional races, it was Michael Bloomberg's remarkably close re-election.
Laura Chapin | Posted 11.05.2009 | Denver
What, if anything, does the Republican red swing in Virginia mean for fellow swing state Colorado? Not as much as the Republicans would like to think.
Joe Peyronnin | Posted 11.05.2009 | Politics
The young and minority voters were not motivated enough to come out and vote. Could the president have had a favorable impact had he delivered on his pledge to change Washington, even just a little?
HuffingtonPost | Posted 12.15.2009 | New York
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New York Times | ADAM NAGOURNEY | Posted 11.01.2009 | Politics
At the very least, the results in the governors' races, if not predictive, are quite likely to drive the political narrative, bolstering or diminishin...
BBC NEWS | Posted 11.01.2009 | World
President Hamid Karzai's rival in the second round of the Afghan presidential election has announced that he is withdrawing from the poll....
Edward Wytkind | Posted 10.29.2009 | Business
Unionization in the airline industry has slowed. Why? Union-busting campaigns are alive and well because current election policy encourages employer-run voter suppression campaigns.
Robert Amsterdam | Posted 10.29.2009 | World
Why, with so much going for him and his country, should the president of Brazil make such controversial choices in his friends? The logic of the relationship with Iran is perplexing.
Joanne Doroshow | Posted 10.29.2009 | Politics
The U.S. Chamber created the ILR to pursue the Chamber's so-called "tort reform" agenda: protecting corporations from liability, weakening the civil jury system and blocking the courthouse door for sick and injured Americans.
Chris Weigant | Posted 10.25.2009 | Politics
Yesterday, over 300,000 people picked up the phone and called Congress demanding health care reform this year. The phones ringing off the hook certainly did not go unnoticed by Congress.
Mark Green | Posted 10.19.2009 | New York
If you have an election where the winner gets four percent of the eligible electorate, is that a functioning democracy? I just lost such a runoff contest in New York City.
The March of Diversity | Saturday, December 19, 2009 | Posted 12.17.2009 | Politics