NATIONAL AND LOCAL POLITICS

This article analyzes the United States' lack of political participation and extremely low percentage of people who vote, especially minorities.

This article contains helpful resources for the US voter.

This research investigates the role of schooling in American society, and demonstrates the dynamic ramifications of education's application of the ideals of democracy and citizenship and equal opportunity into educational policy and practice.

Christine O'Donnell's upset over Mike Castle in the Delaware Senate Primary doomed her party's chances in the general election. Is the democratic nature of primaries a good thing?

This is about elections in the Philippines and how politicians deal with the present election laws.

With the Presidential campaign well under way, everyone is super excited about who will be the next Commander-In-Chief. But being President isn't the only game in town.

Follow these five simple steps and you'll be ready to run for any office!

This academic report offers a brief introduction to the debates surrounding the use of electronic control devices (such as the Taser®) by U.S. law enforcement agencies.

A need to manage and preserve natural resources, and an innate distrust of the federal government and politicians have been the two most central ideologies shaping politics in the Pacific Northwest.

It's odd that we would all think our government was broken, call it a democracy, and go fight wars to supposedly impose democracy on other countries, a concept that makes crystal clear how perverse our understanding of democracy is.

A line in the sand has been drawn against the illegal invaders that are costing the taxpayers money and destroying our country. If you support illegal invaders you will need to take a stand and be prepared for voter backlash.

The article "Set Right Weakness of NEP"(The Star 25 dec 2009 at p. N52) by Tan Sri Ramon Navaratnam raised interesting features on the weaknesses of National Economic Policy.

The 2008 election may have been one of the most historic elections in America. Racial boundaries and gender boundaries were torn down on both a national and local level.

This paper examines two of the current alternative practices in place that combat overconsumption: Thrift stores and Freeganism/Dumpster Diving, and suggests a new politics of consumption.

Writing a local history can be like trying to drink from a fire hose unless you make sense of the historical sources available.

It is important to look at the absence of free trade in the MENA region because the region exhibits many qualities for a potentially successful trade bloc-a common language, cultural background, and states with differing comparative advantages.

This research paper looks at different national governing bodies of sport in the United States. It analyzes different organizations and pairs them against one another to see the challenges of each.

The Reconstruction period from 1863 to 1877 saw legislation aimed at integrating blacks into society as equals to whites. Though promising, the opportunities for black advancement were stifled by state and local laws during the Jim Crow era that followed.

An interview with one of the most progressive writers on Associated Content. Jeff Musall's writings tend to have political slants to them that keep asking tough questions of our leaders. He may be the Keith Olbermann of Associated Content.

the structure of the Chinese government and Chinese politics

A historic analysis of the development of papermaking in Wisconsin's Fox River Valley, its environmental effects, and in general paper politics in the US and the world.