Democratic socialism is having a moment, between Zohran Mamdani's buzzy mayoral campaign in New York City, Omar Fateh's ...

Scores of participants from the Carroll area, other western Iowa communities and even a couple of other states added the strength of their voices and messages to the thousands of No Kings Day ...

Mathematician Kenneth Arrow proved through his Impossibility Theorem that no voting system can perfectly reflect the will of the people without contradictions. Ottawa threatens Stellantis with legal ...

Prop. 50 is an objectively bad measure that everyone should vote against. Nearly two decades ago, California voters decided that having politicians draw their own districts was a bad idea and had the ...

Oct. 9 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1888, 40 years after construction began, the Washington Monument opens to the public. Work on the obelisk was halted from 1854 to 1877 due to a lack of funds ...

Like several letter writers favoring Proposition 50, all things being equal, I would prefer the current congressional districts drawn by the independent commission after the census to districts ...

Rutgers University history professor Mark Bray says his family is moving from New Jersey to Spain after receiving death threats, including at their home address. Bray was teaching courses on ...

Javascript is required for you to be able to read premium content. Please enable it in your browser settings. Mike Womack is a former public health educator and a ...

The U.S. government shut down on October 1 as Republican and Democratic funding bills failed to reach the necessary number of votes in the Senate and efforts to prevent a shutdown failed. Government ...

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