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Cary Griffith When I first read about Minnesota’s voter ID constitutional amendment I thought, no brainer. Most of us already have photo IDs, and given the voting hangovers some of us still nurse after Bush v. Gore or Franken v.
How — and why — I made my decision on the voting amendment
Elephants in the room: Urban poverty, climate change, and other problems we love to ignore
Tusk, tusk: It’s time to stop ignoring tough problems like urban poverty and climate change.
Another “subprime” crisis: Student loans
For any student struggling to pay for college, government-backed student loans are a much better deal than private student loans. Interest rates are usually lower and repayment options are much more flexible for government loans. The federal student loan program, for example, allows a six-month grace period after graduation before requiring repayment, and offers ways to soften the blow for graduates fighting their way through a tough job market by capping repayment as a percentage of income.Occupy/Inequality
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BREAKING: Ninth Circuit Prop 8 Ruling on Tuesday -- A Guide to Understanding What's Happening
[ UPDATE: THE NINTH CIRCUIT HAS RULED - " BREAKING: Ninth Circuit Strikes Down Proposition 8 on Narrow Grounds. " ]
I just posted a blog post on the MIT Media Lab blog officially taking a position against SOPA and PIPA. This is a longer blog post co-authored with Ethan Zuckerman describing the issue in more detail. SOPA - the Stop Online Piracy Act - and a sister bill, PIPA - the Protect IP Act - seek to minimize the dissemination of copyrighted material online by targeting sites that promote and enable the sharing of copyright-protected material, like The Pirate Bay.
Why we need to stop SOPA and PIPA
Our guest blogger is Sarah Ayres , a research associate at the Center for American Progress Action Fund. By now we have all heard the latest in the months-long debate over reducing the nation’s deficit — barring a last-minute miracle, the congressional super committee tasked with finding at least $1.5 trillion in deficit reduction will fail to come to an agreement. Cue handwringing by pundits lamenting the inability of both Democrats and Republicans to compromise.
How Republican Tax Intransigence Sank The Super Committee: A Timeline
The Supreme Court agreed yesterday to decide if Obamacare is constitutional, and in particular, whether the individual mandate is constitutional.
The Fate of Obamacare
On Saturday February 19th, the crowd around the Capitol Square in Madison, Wisconsin grew to 70,000.
The ‘Madison Method’ for crowd control
Here's a fun tidbit fact-checker extraordinaire Aaron Ross dug up when we were shipping my Assignment: Ohio feature for the November/December issue.
Stat of the Day: Don't-Lend-College-Students-Money Edition
Though a recent congressional report announced recession-driven rises in poverty rates in 46 states, Utah is coming close to achieving its 10-year goal of eliminating chronic homelessness. The solution of the state is simple: give homes to the homeless.
How Utah Will Soon End Chronic Homelessness