do urban voters get short shrift in congress?

The geographic concentration of Democrats in cities has led to a systemic underrepresentation in Congress such that even if local district maps were drawn without regard for partisanship, their seat share would still fall short of their vote share, says Rodden, a professor of political science in the..

a narrowly-avoided constitutional crisis in peru

Frustrated by Congress unwillingness to vote on new package of reforms, President Vizcarra delivered televised address to the nation on May 29 announcing his intention to bring cuestión de confianza before Peruvian Congress. ... Congress was supposed to recess on June 15, and..

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john cusack shows how anti-zionism is a gateway drug to anti-semitism

This is pattern of behavior that we've seen manifest at New York Times, on college campuses, in the halls of Congress, and in the violence directed at Jews throughout the world.. ..

government fails to release data on deaths in police custody

More than four years after Congress required the Department of Justice to assemble information about those who die in police custody, the agency has yet to implement a system for collecting that data or release any new details of how and why people die under the watch of law enforcement. . ..

the deal done in the dark

(Image Source:  Library of Congress) But for the next seven years, Seward’s dream of acquiring Russian America was paused. ... (Image Source: Library of Congress) Just five months after moving his department into the new space, Seward conducted the purchase of Alaska in the small rooms..

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