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When Sexual Assault Becomes An Occupational Hazard

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Texas Republicans’ Effort To Make a Safe House Seat May Backfire

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Surging Socialists a Warning for Democrats

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If You Can’t Win, Disrupt

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Do Six Political Factions Cause Congressional Gridlock?

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Tiffany Rebelmouse
By Tiffany RebelmouseJun 04, 2019
Tiffany Rebelmouse
Tiffany Rebelmouse is a contributor for The Fulcrum, a nonpartisan publication dedicated to strengthening democracy by fostering informed civic engagement and elevating diverse perspectives.
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The American Democracy Project (ADP) is a network of more than 250 state colleges and universities focused on public higher education's role in preparing the next generation of engaged citizens for our democracy. The goal of the American Democracy Project is to produce college and university graduates who are equipped with the knowledge, skills, attitudes and experiences they need to be informed, engaged members of their communities.


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California’s Ballot Access Battles: What Latino Communities Need to Know for 2026

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Men4Choice Encourages Men to Fight for Reproductive Freedom

Not knowing who to invite to his community conversations, Michael Facey sent an invite link to his fraternity brothers for his virtual meeting without telling them what the conversation was about.

Facey later told this story during one of the virtual meetings, as the programs director, during the summer fellowship of Men4Choice. He inspired the fellows to use an unconventional approach to get other men to join their community conversation, though he added a disclaimer: don't drop an invite link without explaining what it is.

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The Country That Vaccinated the World Is Unlearning How
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The Country That Vaccinated the World Is Unlearning How

On August 10, in the Oval Office, Donald Trump signed an executive order telling American parents to break the measles, mumps, and rubella shot into three separate injections and to space childhood vaccines across many more trips to the doctor. He said the change would "align the United States with other advanced and developed nations." That line is the whole argument, and it is false. No advanced country gives measles, mumps, and rubella as three single-disease shots. The vaccines do not exist in that form anywhere. A parent who wanted to follow the new American recommendation could not, because there is nothing to buy.

This is not a small drafting slip. It sits at the center of the case the White House is making, and it falls apart the moment you look past America's borders.

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Fire Pete Hegseth to help GOP in midterms

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Fire Pete Hegseth to help GOP in midterms

“Muscles, dudes in dresses, testosterone.”

That’s how one European defense official described the priorities of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, according to a bombshell new report from CNN on the growing concern inside the U.S. military over Hegseth’s leadership.

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Democracy Needs the Option to Vote NO

Ranked-choice voting has become one of America’s most prominent electoral reforms. It offers voters more ways to rank candidates and can reduce the fear of “wasting” a vote in crowded races.

But it does not address a more basic deficiency in American elections: voters can vote for a candidate, but they generally cannot vote against one.

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