Civic Duty

Changing Politics From The Bottom Up

Arthur Rosenfeld | Posted 12.11.2008 | Politics

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Arthur Rosenfeld

The more sleaze we see in politics the more all this talk of change becomes not nearly so much a campaign slogan or political rallying cry as a plaintive plea.

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This Election Doesn't Leave Our Children Behind

Christopher Fink | Posted 10.27.2008 | Home

Read More: Civic Duty, Democracy, Education, 2008 Election, Children, Civic Responsibility, Youth Vote, George W. Bush, Mccain Election, Joe Biden, Bush Administration, Barack Obama, Scholastic, Obama Education, Michelle Obama, Sarah Palin, Reuters, Is Our Children Learning, Hillary Clinton, Education Reform, Scholastic Mock Election, John McCain, Voting, Home News
Christopher Fink

Many children have been learning about and engaged with this election. This is sure to have an affect on our children's sense of civic responsibility to vote and care about our democracy as they grow up.

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A New Age for Individual Service

Tom Nelson and Usher Raymond IV | Posted 09.16.2008 | Politics

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Tom Nelson and Usher Raymond IV

Younger Americans in the millennial generation, many of whom went to schools that required service to graduate, are better prepared for civic engagement than any other generation in our history.

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Brain Dead Bureaucrat Watch: VA Blocks Voter Registration at Vets' Hospitals

Paul Rieckhoff | Posted 08.15.2008 | Politics

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Paul Rieckhoff

The irony is almost too great. Disabled veterans, who have made such tremendous sacrifices in defense of democracy, are now being denied assistance in voting.

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