Happy May Day, Workers: Unions Will Take Your Dues Now and Give Them to Politicians
Donors like the Koch brothers make the news a lot, but did you know unions are five of the top 10 groups giving political donations… Read More
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It’s Not Enough to Win Elections
‘We have to win elections.” Party strategists in Washington throw around the phrase as though it were some brilliant political insight. It’s not. Most Americans… Read More
Q&A on Supreme Court’s New Campaign Finance Decision
The Supreme Court ruled yesterday that it is unconstitutional to limit the total amount of money someone can give to political candidates. The limit remains… Read More
Q&A With Foundry Contributor Israel Ortega, NBC ‘Meet the Press’ Guest
The Foundry’s Israel Ortega will make his debut on NBC’s “Meet the Press” this Sunday. Ortega will join the show’s roundtable to discuss and debate… Read More
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Voter ID: Protecting the Integrity of Our Elections
With midterm elections underway in Texas, the fight over voter ID will undoubtedly garner some serious attention in the national media in the coming weeks… Read More
Argentinian President’s Life-Threatening Surgery Could Mean End for Party Majority
Argentinian President Cristina Fernandez’s Victory Front coalition party suffered a tremendous loss in Sunday’s elections. Fernandez had hoped her party would win to a two-thirds… Read More
Elections in Argentina May Determine the Future of Democracy in the Nation
On Sunday, Argentinians will go to the polls to select their candidates for the country’s upcoming legislative elections. Though it may seem trivial, the open… Read More
Charged for Insulting Government Authority? Venezuela Supreme Court Crosses the Line
In the U.S., courts often rule on the outcome of close elections and act as a mediation tool for candidates to ensure that the results… Read More
Zimbabwe Holds Unfree and Unfair Elections
Preliminary reports in Zimbabwe point to “seriously compromised” presidential and parliamentary elections. Some sources are stating that over 1 million voters were turned away from… Read More
Mali Needs More Than Imperfect Elections
The first round of elections held over the weekend in Mali were hastily declared free and fair by the French and the international community quickly… Read More
Cambodia’s Flawed Elections
The ruling Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) has once again been returned to power in Cambodia. Election results are hotly contested by the opposition Cambodian National… Read More
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Eric Holder Messes with Texas
Obama’s Justice Department is fighting a recent Supreme Court decision—and picking a fight with Texas. U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder announced that the Justice Department… Read More
The Right Kind of Federalism
Regular elections are a critical feature of American democracy. If you don’t like the way your town, state, or federal government is headed, you know… Read More
Egypt: The Arab Spring 2.0
The foundation for democratic governance is slowly, but steadily, starting to form in Egypt. The interim government was sworn in on July 16 and the… Read More
Bangladesh: Keys to a Better Future
“If there is any roadblock to us [moving Bangladesh to a better future], it is not the economy.… It is the political structure and the… Read More
Postpone Elections in Mali
Mali, which is in the midst of an internal conflict, is set to have a presidential election on July 28. However, numerous obstacles should lead… Read More
Egypt: U.S. Should Take a Stand for Democracy
The Obama Administration’s indecision in the face of current events in Egypt is backfiring. Freedom-aspiring Egyptians are angry with the U.S. for supporting now-deposed President… Read More
Morning Bell: Why Does Egypt’s Turmoil Matter to Us?
Egypt has been rocked by protests that some say are the largest in history and has unseated its second leader in three years. It’s a… Read More
Q&A: U.S. Foreign Aid to Egypt
James Phillips, Heritage’s senior research fellow for Middle Eastern affairs, answers key questions about U.S. foreign aid to Egypt. What is U.S. foreign aid to… Read More
Egypt: Fruits of the Obama Administration’s Neglect
For a leader, neglect almost always turns out for the worse. Problems fester. Opponents are emboldened, and supporters demoralized. Aimlessness begets powerlessness, as changing positions… Read More
Egypt Protests: One Reason for the Unrest
Although millions have marched again in the streets of Cairo in recent days, it is still uncertain whether the revived demonstrations will deliver much-needed economic… Read More
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Supreme Court to Congress on Voting Rights Act: “History Did Not End in 1965”
In its Voting Rights Act decision today, the Supreme Court struck down an outdated provision that was no longer necessary—because thankfully, “Our country has changed,”… Read More
Morning Bell: 3 Things You Should Know About the Supreme Court and Voter ID
Yesterday, the Supreme Court handed down one of its first major decisions of this term, striking down Arizona’s measure requiring proof of citizenship for voter… Read More
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SUPREME COURT DECISION | Keeping Noncitizens Out of the Polling Place
The Supreme Court came down on the wrong side of election integrity on Monday when it ruled against an Arizona state law intended to keep… Read More
Pakistan Elections May Go to the Terrorists
In the lead up to the historic May 11 elections, the Pakistani Taliban (also known as the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan or TTP) and other radical Islamist… Read More
Iceland the Latest European Country to Chill Toward Joining the EU
Results from Parliamentary elections in Iceland last week reflect public concern over the nation’s application to join the European Union (EU). The parties that did… Read More
House Bill Ends the $3 Public Election Tax Check-Off, Spends “Savings”
H.R. 1724, the Kids First Research Act of 2013, sponsored by Representative Gregg Harper (R–MS), would end the Presidential Election Campaign Fund (PECF). That’s the… Read More
Despite Victory Claim, Big Setback for Chavismo in Venezuela
On April 14, some 14.8 million Venezuelans went to the polls to select a new president to replace Hugo Chavez, who died on March 5…. Read More
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Venezuela Presidential Election: Continuing the Chavez Decline
Voters go to the polls on Sunday, April 14, to elect Venezuela’s next president. Snap elections followed the March 5 death of the authoritarian populist… Read More
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We Already Have an Election Commission—And Obama Has Ignored It
President Obama talked about voting rights in the State of the Union address, claiming we are “betraying our ideals” when any American has to “wait… Read More
