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... of citizens of our country. “Members chosen by the People of the several States”. But, since My wife and I live in the District of Columbia, our nations cap­ the federal government has plenary sovereignty in the District, it ital, where we do not have voting representation in Congress...

...Creative Commons/DonkeyHotey Overturning Citizens United will not stop the super-rich from distorting the democratic process. Only the ESRA can do that. ...

...Creative Commons/401(K) 2012 Who are the real voters, citizens or corporations? When corporate dollars jam the airwaves with influential political ads, it gets hard to tell. ...

.... In that sense, then, the citied Muslim jurists are providing citizens of the city with a gift—the gift of superiority, of self-righteousness that allows citizens to, once having given their fair share to society, turn away from the persistent claims of others. This gift is taken at a steep price. If responding...

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....” Jewish state would have the obligation to do the same for Israeli citizens living in the in living citizens Israeli for same the do to obligation the have would state Jewish Palestinian The Cold War). the during Germany (e.g. West presence diplomatic and tary of government...

... that democracy is not limited to the principle of “one person/one vote,” where the majority can determine everything, even to the detriment of substantial minorities. No democracy can truly survive unless all its citizens, including substantial minorities feel sufficiently protected and invested in the state...

...The hegemonic alliance of big business, the richest 5 percent of citizens, and the state is becoming more visible to the American public. ...

...Jenny Polak ( jennypolak.com ) (n)IMBY Ink 4 by Jenny Polak. Ink on paper (11” × 14”). Based on accounts of village meetings, Polak’s (n)IMBY Ink series commemorates the alliance of citizens and non-citizens who successfully fought to block the building of a new private detention center...

...Allen D. Kanner Copyright © Tikkun magazine 2011 M t. S hasta, a small northern C alifornia town of 3,500 residents nestled in the foothills of magnificent Mount Shasta, is taking on corporate power through an unusual process—democracy. The citizens of Mt. Shasta have developed...

... elections as vital public activities in which citizens have the opportunity to engage in critical debate, setting the bar high not only by discussing political issues (such as poverty, social injustice, and ecology), but also by addressing the very structure of the political process itself. Instead...