In a bipartisan effort to abate overcrowding in state prisons, Ohio’s Senate Bill 337 went into effect last week, reducing Ohio drug penalties and giving convicted felons a second chance at employment.
Alan Miller, Director of The New York Salon, wrote an article for CNN where he described spirituality among today's youth as a "cop-out." "Take a side," he says, with
Allegations of voter fraud in Florida is a common occurrence during any presidential election. In each election since 2000, several issues have been reported in the state. Reports in previous years indicated that the problem was defective computers and missing votes. Now, the problems are starting way before the elections.
This Sunday, an event is going to take place that is designed to alter the ideas of Americans regarding the First Amendment, the presidential candidates, and the Internal Revenue Service.
After numerous appeals by opponents since the system was first implemented in 2008, the Supreme Court has denied a hearing the Washington top-two open primary case, ensuring that Washington retains its change from a blanket primary to a ‘top-two’ open primary system.
Political attack ads have been used more during the 2012 campaign season than in previous years. According to a Wesleyan Media Project report from March, 70% of campaign ads were negative. That number far exceeds the mere 9.1% of negative ads at the same point during the 2008 election season.
While Thursday morning's headlines echoed criticism towards Barack Obama's performance in the first presidential debate, tweets, status updates, and bloggers paint a different picture, with the majority of social discussions online favoring Obama over Mitt Romney.
Joe Perretta, a San Diego resident, has spent the last 30 years following a dream: creating an efficient churro making machine named 'the Churro King.' Perretta’s fascination with churros started when he was 12 years old after he first experienced the deep fried treats in Tecate, Mexico. He had no idea that experience would turn him into an entrepreneur years later.