Confused by the news? Wondering about the parties? Want to find out what's going on but don't know where to start? We've assembled some resources for you to use to learn about American politics!
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An inside account of the US House of Representatives during the 112th Congress, formed after the 2010 midterm elections, which paints behind-the-scenes portraits from both sides of the aisle.
For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Politics is a sweeping view of American history from the vantage points of four women who have lived and worked behind the scenes in politics for over thirty years-- Donna Brazile, Yolanda Caraway, Leah Daughtry, and Minyon Moore-- a group of women who call themselves The Colored Girls.
Facebook's influence on elections has been all over the news. If you want to find out who's spending how much money for Facebook ads or you want to search the political ads that are making it onto Facebook you can do that here.
At the crossroads of the Watergate scandal and the women's movement was a young lawyer named Jill Wine Volner (as she was then known), barely thirty years old and the only woman on the team that prosecuted the highest-ranking White House officials. Called "the mini-skirted lawyer" by the press, she fought to receive the respect accorded her male counterparts--and prevailed.
This New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestseller shows us that America's political system isn't broken. The truth is scarier: it's working exactly as designed.
Take a virtual look at a number of items from the Library of Congress exhibition on the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which finally made it possible for African-Americans to vote.
The Election Assistance Commission is an independent, bipartisan commission tasked with creating voting system guidelines for states, accrediting testing laboratories, and auditing use of Help America Vote Act funds.
A weekly podcast featuring a panel of one commentator from the left, one from the right, and the host playing the center. Often joined by expert guests, they talk about the major headlines of the week.
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