With the upcoming 50th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act, a Montgomery non-profit called Empower Alabama aims to increase voter registration and turnout in Alabama. The group hopes to recruit college-aged...

Our political system is toxic. Like an armadillo baking on the hot asphalt in the summer sun, the system has been hit and run over, and its heart is decaying in front of our eyes. And much like 
the...

Tuesday, the day of general elections, some University of Alabama students who registered to vote through the SGA Voter Drive discovered they were ineligible to vote in Tuscaloosa. The drive was held in...

This Tuesday, America will once again head to the polls, this time with the Senate majority on the line. That means this election will decide which party controls the Senate for the next two years, and...

There’s a little moment in the sixth episode of season four of “The West Wing” that always stands out to me come campaign season. The episode debuts Joshua Malina’s character, Will Bailey, as an...

On Tuesday, Nov. 4, registered voters across the nation will visit their local polling stations as they cast ballots for a wide array of offices and issues. Contested offices in the state of Alabama include...

The most important part of being an American is taking part in the system that allows us to help shape our country -- democracy -- and, unfortunately, most young people aren't participating. Voting...

  With Alabama’s primary elections only two weeks away, many are planning what decision they’ll be making come March 13. But with the election falling on a Tuesday in the middle of spring break...

The ups-and-downs of the Republican presidential primary campaign have made a lot of news lately, but not much has been written about a much smaller, yet equally important, campaign being waged this election...

2011 will surely go down as the year when progressives suddenly remembered that being politically involved means more than just voting in November. As unions, students and Occupy protestors hit the streets...