25 Mar, 2023
Clash: Democracy vs Dictatorship
Clash: Democracy vs Dictatorship by Tom H. Hastings 588 words It was 1776. The US was a baby nation-state. It...
25 Mar, 2023
5 Nov, 2022
Helping create peace at the polls
I love getting my “I Voted” sticker on Election Day, after chatting with other voters in line and carefully following poll workers’ instructions for marking my choices. Having worked in many places where voting is a relatively new right, I cherish all of this.
20 Oct, 2022
Vote for your children’s future. Vote because it’s patriotic.
Nobody will ever deprive the American people of the right to vote except the American people themselves. The only way they could do this is by not voting. —Franklin D. Roosevelt
11 Jul, 2022
21st century citizenship: Four civic skills we need to keep our democracy
As primaries roll out around the country, we’re tracking voter turnout. Raised on Schoolhouse Rock’s cartoon civics lessons, I know that being a good American means voting.
29 Jul, 2021
Democracy: Enemy of the powerful
Perhaps the best possible thing we could acknowledge being is a “divided nation.” Failing to do so justifies — or at least avoids noticing — all manner of violent cruelty and repression in the name of so-called democracy, from the jailing of whistleblowers who reveal U.S. war crimes and global criminality, to the lynching of men and women of color . . . to the waging of endless war.
27 Nov, 2020
Restoring Democracy, Strengthening the Right to Vote
As Americans look forward to a new era without Donald Trump, one thing stands out:...
6 Aug, 2020
Election theft and the reluctant democracy
“As election 2020 draws ever closer, the flawed, easily gamed nature of the American quasi-democracy becomes increasingly visible, thanks, of...
30 Jul, 2020
Voting Rights and the Coming Election
“For many people, the thought of this November’s general election inspires anything from apprehension to outright dread…” Andrew Moss Published...
5 Feb, 2020
Voting with food and water
“A bad app in Iowa throws everything into a tizzy. Who won? Come on, the horse race has begun. Let’s...
8 Sep, 2019
Prodding ‘nones’ to vote
“Progressives hope for an America where health care is a human right for everyone — and women’s right to choose...
14 Dec, 2018
Evangelicals Vote, “Nones” Falter
“In the 2018 election, America’s shrinking segment of white evangelicals mobilized strongly for the Republican Party – but the rising...
5 Nov, 2018
The Right to Vote Is the Foundation of Lawful Government—No Consent = No Government
“One of the great things about being a small-town country lawyer is you get to meet so many “ordinary” Americans...
3 Nov, 2018
Why You Need to Vote (Democrat)
“While nonpartisan get-out-the-vote efforts are admirable and necessary for democracy as it is practiced in the United States, I am...
14 Oct, 2018
Our American character and you the voter
“When we speak of people from a particular identity group—ethnicity, nationality, regional group, state, town, or one of many others—we...
16 Oct, 2016
Meet the Millennial Vote
“I am an old millennial, one who just barely squeezes into the age category. I graduated high school in 2000....