Right to Vote

The Hanged Census Worker: Why Appalachia Hates Feds

Gail McGowan Mellor | Posted 09.28.2009 | Politics


Gail McGowan Mellor

The U.S. government began its life back in 1791 by shafting the Appalachian area. People have not forgotten it, perhaps because it has yet to stop happening.

Connected Activism Challenges Code Orange

Rochelle Lefkowitz | Posted 06.20.2009 | World


Rochelle Lefkowitz

Privately, often beneath their burkas, Kuwaiti women used their blackberries and cellphones to text and email, urging legislators to vote for full women's suffrage.

America's Newest State Holds America's Newest Election

Aaron Contorer | Posted 06.14.2009 | Politics


Aaron Contorer

Right now, as you read this article, citizens of Honolulu are voting in America's first all-digital online and telephone election.

Biggest Voter Turnout In 90 Years, Since Women Won The Right

Posted 12.05.2008 | Politics


Americans turned out at the polls in record numbers today. According to MSNBC: Americans were voting in numbers unprecedented since women were given...

Millions of Ex-Offenders Did Their Time, But Still Can't Vote

Tara Graham | Posted 12.04.2008 | Home


Tara Graham

America has a long history of depriving entire groups of people the right to vote. Before the Civil Rights Act, black citizens were ridiculed, threate...

Lives Were Lost for Your Right to Vote

Robert D. Patterson | Posted 11.20.2008 | Home


Robert D. Patterson

"A lot of my students say voting is not as important in the post civil rights world ... I first encourage them to become more involved in the political process. The more you understand the process, the more you understand how important the right to vote is."

Jason Linkins

Kooky Editorial In Concord Monitor Asserts That Women Cannot Be President

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


Burn, ladies. Some local crank, passing himself off as a Constitutional authority, insists that this matter will soon go before the Supreme Court, where they will rule against ovaries.