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Hoa Quach
· 5:57 am
· Economy & Trade · Gender · Government & Politics · International Relations · Media & Internet · War & Conflict
Less than one year ago, Voices without Votes was created to offer a voice of those who couldn't vote in the U.S. presidential election to those who could. Our exciting journey has reached its final destination with Barack Obama's inauguration today. However, before we say "goodbye," our authors have chosen ...
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Jillian York
· 5:57 am
· Government & Politics
Join us starting at 10:00 a.m. EST for one final liveblog involving your favorite cast of Voices without Votes characters from all over the globe!
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So I managed slightly better today, and woke up at 6am rather than 4am.
A friend had emailed me overnight to ask “So, what’s the atmosphere like over there?”
My immediate reaction was: “Erm, well, I don’t really know. Because I haven’t been out in the thick of thi...
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Footage from yesterday’s train journey from Philadelphia to Washington:
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slideshowHey, America, I’m back! And I’m pleased to be here.” That’s what I wanted to shout when I arrived at Cincinnati airport on Thursday afternoon. Even the blast of icy air that hit me on disembarking the plane wasn’t going to dim my spirits and stop this next chap...
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Even though she hasn’t been sworn in yet, Hillary Clinton is already at odds with the Afghan foreign ministry. The reason: Clinton referred to Afghanistan as a “narco-state” during a recent confirmation hearing. Afghanistan’s foreign minister was insulted by the term, saying ...
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In an interview with Fox News Sunday, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D. California) said she is open to press forth on some persecutions of top Bush administration officials.
“I think you look at each item and see what is a violation of the law and do we even have a right to ignore it,R...
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Hugo Chavez isn't quite ready to make peace with the United States, even with a new president ushering in an era of "change".
"I hope I am wrong, but I believe Obama brings the same stench, to not say another word," Chavez said at a political rally on a historic Venezuelan battlefield.
"If Obama ...
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The Washington Post reported Sunday that Obama’s top donors gave more than $100,000 to his campaign by giving to various entities working to get Obama elected. The report is more evidence that campaign financing laws are not effective in preventing big money from playing a key role in politics...
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According to my ex-boyfriend’s mum, who’s in Connecticut and who just called his sister, who just called me: I was just on national American television.
I was interviewed by CBS’s London bureau (ooh, don’t you just love that? “London bureau”) last week, over a cof...
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