Politics & Voting Archives | Page 6 of 6

News Briefs: Archives 2011 & Earlier

News Briefs for December 2002 – January 2003

Pedestrian Death Decline May Hide Unhealthy News While the number of child pedestrians killed in auto accidents has been cut in half...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

Children’s PACs Still in Infancy

That sage of American life, Will Rogers, once observed, “I’m not a member of any organized party – I’m a Democrat.” Today...

Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier

The President’s Budget & Kids

By Sue Badeau In February President George W. Bush unveiled his budget “blueprint” for Fiscal Year 2002. The 175-page document presents his...

Why a caucus?

Caucuses are essentially an adjunct to the formal party and rigid committee structure within Congress, and their rapid growth from the 1980s...

► Newsmakers

Right On, Right Now!

Bob’s back! Not that Bob Woodson, Sr., president-for-life of the National Center for Neighborhood Enterprise, ever left D.C. But with a Democrat...

► Newsmakers

On the Move

Where are they now? Former President Clinton, looking for a new office, has bumped New York City’s Administration for Children’s Services from...

Guest Opinion Essay

Clinton & Youth: 1 Good Year, 7 Bad

Great Democratic presidents like Franklin Roosevelt and John Kennedy extolled young people as a national inspiration deserving expansive investment. Bill Clinton led...

Guest Opinion Essay

Young Voters: Missing Inaction

No matter what organization sponsors youth development work, one certain feature is some variant on citizenship values – be it called civic...

News

Young Vote Inches Up, Falls Short

Efforts to involve more young people in last month’s elections reaped some moderately good results: The precipitous decline in voting among young...

Guest Opinion Essay

Columbine and the Politicians

Advocates for stricter gun control, and their allies seeking a greater national investment in youth development, have long welcomed a national plebiscite...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier