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Hillary Clinton’s Surefire Bet for Increasing Black Turnout: A Constitutional Right to Vote

Posted May 16th, 2016 at 1:25 pm (UTC-5)
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The Constitution stipulates reasons why a person’s right to vote cannot be removed such as due to race, gender, age or a poll tax, but it does not say that the ability to vote is a constitutional right that should be protected for all Americans.

Heinous, Ideological Enemy? The US Has Been There Before

Posted January 14th, 2016 at 12:43 pm (UTC-5)
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…[As] the red banner of communism marched across the globe and the threat of domestic collaborators gripped the nation, America not only faced down this ideological adversary, but also eventually rejected the concomitant paranoia. That’s worth remembering.