I Voted: A Chorus of Citizens on Election Day
A compilation of personal remarks from diverse voters stressing the privilege and duty to vote. The speakers recount family influences, historical struggles for civil rights, and the impact of participation on democracy, urging broad turnout and civic responsibility for future generations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Republic
Deanell Reece Tacha
U.S. Court of Appeals
Tenth Circuit
Joseph Bruson
United States
Croatia
Europe
Kansas City
Standard Oil
Sugar Creek
South
Martin Luther King Jr
America
Megan Grover
Why Vote and the Kids Voting Project Reflections
A collection of student voices from Wakarusa Valley School on Why vote and the importance of voting as a right and privilege. The pieces emphasize individual impact, civic duty, and the legacy of those who fought for suffrage, featuring multiple students and lines about voting's global contrast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rod Bremby
Kansas University Bureau of Child Research
Linda Young
Wakarusa Valley School
United States
Becca Kellerman
Iran
Iraq
Becky Davis
Generations in Politics: Lautenberg and Mondale Lead
In New Jersey and Minnesota veteran leaders Lautenberg and Mondale surface as the Democrats seek replacements after Wellstone’s death. The piece argues for fresh voices despite their names and notes a broader call for a new generation of political thinkers and action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Lautenberg
New Jersey
Walter Mondale
Minnesota
Lautenberg
Robert Torricelli
Mondale
Paul Wellstone
Limbaugh
Democratic National Committee
McCall
Mario Cuomo
Hubert Humphrey
Robert Kennedy
New York
Basil Paterson
David
Harlem
Adam Clayton Powell Jr
Adam
Wellstone
the Nation
Bill Cosby
Shipp
Technology gone too far or just a rant
A columnist muses on how far tech should go from cell phone etiquette in airports to a Science article about cockroaches with tiny cannons. The piece satirically questions boundaries, cites bizarre research, and ends urging authorities to address alarming uses of technology.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Puy
Science Magazine
Richard Sweetman
University of California At Berkeley
Santa Rosa
Calif
Berkeley
Oakland
Wal-Mart
California
Dick Cheney
Dave Harry
Mia Herald
Also Mentioned on This Page
Barbara F. Wood
Lawrence
Andrew Johnson
Wayne Kruse
Quail Run
South Florida
1964
Francois Henriquez
Wellsville
Kansas City Star
Cleuis Converse
Hank Booth
Klwn
the Lazer
Barbara Carswell
Capitol Federal Savings Bank
Kruse
Bremby
Dacia
B. Torneden
Tiffany Perdue
Melissa Mole
George Pataki
Pataki
National Democratic Party
Deep South
Poverty
Plains
Dave Barry
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