Kathryn is a freelance writer covering politics, civics, and agriculture.
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2016 is here, and politics-as-usual has been turned on its head. Democrats and Republicans are switching affiliation to their rival parties in historical numbers. Front-runners in the GOP and Democratic Party have the highest unfavorable, and lowest favorable ratings in presidential history, and independents outnumber Republican and Democrat voters. Things
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Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf, a long time advocate of medical marijuana, will sign SB 3 this weekend. SB 3 will usher in Pennsylvania's medical marijuana program. The state's mostly Republican General Assembly passed SB 3 after decades of resistance. Now, with a sympathetic governor in office,
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On her second trip around the country, independent presidential candidate, Dr. Lynn S. Kahn, says she is gaining support everywhere she goes. "All I have to do is announce, 'Independent Candidate!' and people are interested," she said. Kahn says she feels like she is carving out
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To win, the most important thing the next president will need to do is mobilize voters. Obama won in 2008 and 2012 by mobilizing new voters -- mostly youth and black voters. By 2012, those constituents had waned for Obama. In 2014, the U.S. voter turnout was the lowest
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Lolly Bentch-Myers is a mother of three and full-time activist with Pennsylvania's Campaign4Compassion. Her daughter, Anna, has Mesial Temporal Sclerosis, a brain condition that causes intractable epilepsy, insomnia, and autism. There are not many options for kids like Anna, or moms like Lolly. Medical cannabis has proven successful
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Mitchell Bupp, of Independent Voter Radio on Freedom Slips, hosted his second independent debate -- this time with 6 independent candidates: Denise Bedio, John "Green" Ferguson, Dr. Lynn S. Kahn, Joe Anthony, Marque Lundgren, and Dave Parker. The first debate focused on the economy, Common Core, and Syria.
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Mitchell Bupp's Independent Voter Radio Debate aired on Freedom Slips on Halloween 2015 -- did you miss it? Candidates included Denise Bedio, Lynn S Kahn, Marque Lundgren, and John Ferguson. The candidates agreed on many things, most emphatically that the two-party system is wrong for the U.S.
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In the U.S., the BDS movement has become a proxy battlefield for the conflict between Israel and Palestine, putting pressure on Muslim, pro-Palestinian, and Jewish Americans to defend themselves as surrogate representatives of foreign players. Attacks on Muslims and advocates of Palestinian human rights Since 9-11, the phenomenon of
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Anti-BDS resolutions, legislation, and advocacy claim that BDS is the main influence on an 'alarming rise in anti-Semitism.' Is there a rise in anti-Semitism, and is the cause the BDS movement?, Jewish citizens in the U.S. are most likely to be victimized by religious hate crimes. Religious
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Criticism of Israel and Zionism is increasingly being considered 'the new anti-Semitism.' BDS (Boycott, Divest, Sanction) supporters claim that conflating anti-Israel and anti-Zioinist sentiments with anti-Semitism unconstitutionally silences dissent and abridges freedom of speech, and dangerously conflates the state of Israel with all Jewish people. Also see: The
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BDS means Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions. In 2005, the movement rose out of civil society in Palestine as a call to the world for solidarity against the illegal actions of Israel toward Palestinians, and the unequal treatment of Palestinians inside the state of Israel. Recently, U.S. states started passing
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Dr. Lynn Kahn describes herself as a sort of government mechanic. Her experience stems from her undergraduate work in psychology and her doctoral work in group dynamics of peacemaking. “Early on, I focused on group dynamics. The psychology work in group dynamics and organizational change just kind of built on