Government
FactChecking Dueling Debt Speeches
The president and House speaker restated familiar positions in their dueling debt ceiling speeches, but they took their points too far at times or made them without enough context. more »
Michele Bachmann: Inching Women and the US Presidency Forward
To level the political playing field for women it is an imperative to have women candidates in every presidential election. Research shows that the more women who run for president the less that gender matters because women will not be seen as novelty candidates. more »
A Summer TV Schedule: Hearings on Violence Towards Women, Veterans Mental Care and Protecting Children From Internet Pornographers
It's the summer and television programs are on a new episode vacation. Why not take in a streaming webcast or televised hearing from a Senate or House Committee? Perhaps they're assuming their constituents are not listening or looking in? Prove them wrong. more »
Banned, Burned, Seized and Censured and The Greenwich Village Bookshop Door
How did hundreds of thousands of books, pictures, plays and magazines come to be ... censored in less than 30 years? "During the interwar years, more often than not, the objection boiled down to sex. One of the goals of the exhibition is to show that censorship is far more complicated than one might think." more »
