6+ mon, 2+ week ago   (432+ words) Boy, am I exhausted. Like most parents of young children, I work a full-time job in addition to parenting, and like most North Country residents, I also have two additional part-time jobs. When my family moved to the North Country…...

10+ mon, 2+ week ago   (545+ words) Six students from the University of Virginia’s Politics Honors program, with help from 130 fellow undergraduates, are taking their research beyond the classroom, designing and conducting an exit poll to be deployed Tuesday at Charlottesville voting precincts. The third-year Department of…...

10+ mon, 2+ week ago   (711+ words) The explosive national debate over the state of democracy is hitting home among South Bay teens. A random survey conducted by Mosaic of nearly 20 local students found that most believe democracy in the U.S. is under threat from censorship, political polarization…...

10+ mon, 3+ week ago   (460+ words) BECKLEY — Civic participation took center stage as lawmakers and students connected the classroom with the realities of government Friday. State Sen. Brian Helton, R-Fayette, visited Park Middle School to deliver a nearly hour-long speech regarding civic duty and the differences…...

10+ mon, 3+ week ago   (273+ words) Consider the catalogue of shame. Fourteen states now mandate civics education as a condition of collegiate graduation: Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Missouri, Nevada, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, and Wyoming. This roster reads like a…...

11+ mon, 5+ day ago   (81+ words) Groundbreaking new research led by The University of Manchester has uncovered a significant and lasting link between the subjects young people study in secondary school and their political preferences. The study, led by Dr Nicole Martin from The University of…...