Obama's 2013 State of the Union addressed a lurking issue in today's post-recession America: raising the minimum wage to $10.10 by 2015. This sentiment is echoed by 73 percent of the electorate.
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Twitter recently released its third biannual transparency report, sharing with the public the number of requests for information, removal requests, and copyright notices it has received from 26 different governments around the world.
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Voter turnout in the New Jersey special election primary last night was higher than expected, with over 300,000 people casting their ballots on a rainy day in the middle of the summer.
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In order to qualify to be president, the U.S. Constitution states, "No Person except a natural born Citizen, or a Citizen of the United States, at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the Office of President; neither shall any person be eligible to that Office who shall not have attained to the Age of thirty five Years, and been fourteen Years a Resident within the United States."
So what defines a "natural-born citizen"? The answer has not been so simple over the years.
Lever operated voting machine // Credit: A new marijuana legalization initiative, pending review by California’s Attorney General, is seeking access to the 2014 ballot. The California Cannabis Hemp Initiative of 2014 hopes to be the green light marijuana activists have been searching for in the Golden State.
Credit: According to a study conducted by graduate students at NYU’s Wagner School of Public Service, the city boasts one of the lowest voter turnout rates of any metropolis in the United States.