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Unequal Representation

No Amendment Allowed: A Constitutional Problem We're Stuck With

Eric Black | Posted 02.02.2013 | Politics
Read More: Senate, Constitutional Amendment, U.S. Constitution, Constitution, Unequal Representation, Politics News
Eric Black

Think you know your U.S. Constitution? Here's a tough trivia question: What is the only provision of the Constitution that cannot be amended?

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Election 2012, Iranian Style

Jess Coleman | Posted 07.14.2012 | Teen
Read More: Class Warfare, Tax Rates, Income Inequality, Unequal Representation, Election 2012, Wealth Gap, Voter Turnout, Buffett Rule, Teen News
Jess Coleman

Historically, only about half the nation votes for the president every four years. That reality makes equal representation a far-fetched goal: How can everyone be represented when only half of us vote?

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Women Need an Establishment of Their Own

Sam Bennett | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Elaine Marshall, Ohio Primary, Women in Politics, Gender in Politics, Democratic Primary, Wcf, Gender Inequality, 2010 Elections, North Carolina Primary, Womens-Empowerment, Unequal-Representation, Women and Politics, Year-of-the-Woman, Washingtong-Political-Establishment, Women's Campaign Forum, Jennifer Brunner, Elections 2010, Politics News
Sam Bennett

As a former Congressional candidate, I can tell you it's tough out there for women. In fact, it's more than tough - what women candidates experience c...

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2009 Was Not the Senate's Finest Year

Lincoln Mitchell | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Supreme Court, House of Representatives, Communist, John McCain, North Dakota, Cloture, One Person One Vote, Al Franken, U.S. Constitution, Electoral College, Supermajority, Unequal Representation, California, Gray v. Sanders, U.S. Senate, Nazis, Board of Estimate of New York v. Morris, Health Care Reform, Joe Lieberman, Republican Party, Health Care, Chris Dodd, Politics News
Lincoln Mitchell

It was in the Senate this year where the goal of meaningful health care reform gave way to a bill that feels as if it was written by the insurance company lobbyists.

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