A few weeks ago an article mentioned a Maple Grove Senior High School student receiving recognition for the Osseo-Maple Grove VFW Post 11543 in the Voice of Democracy (VOD) program.
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Todd Biederman, a ninth grader at Osseo Junior High School, won second place in the District Seven Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Voice of Democracy (VOD) contest.
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First, the independent Ross Perot contingent. Then, the liberal "netroots" mobilization. Now, the conservative "tea party" coalition. No doubt this is democracy at work, a quintessential part of America. Will the latest political phenomenon become a society-...
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Commons leader Harriet Harman has decided to back a limited experiment with e-democracy after the general election.
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A campaign against the New Israel Fund—a U.S.-based organization that funds civil society activists in Israel—has sparked a fierce debate over the limits of free speech, the financing of NGOs, the dictates of loyalty to the state and, ultimately, over the fundamental values of Israel’s Zionist democracy.
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KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia has a democracy that exists in name but grievously compromised in substance, reality and fact, said Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah, echoing the words of the nation’s founding father Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra Al Haj.
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In the United States, our democracy works through a representative process. That is, we elect individuals to represent us in the legislature and we hold...
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Developing countries that free themselves from authoritarian governments are often called `experiments in democracy.` But what happens when a researcher runs an actual field experiment in democracy? A novel study by MIT economist Benjamin Olken has provided surprising insights about the impact of democratic government in the developing world.
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Parliamentary reporter, Computing , Monday 8 February 2010 at 15:40:00 Plan could see Parliament debating e-petitions where there are enough signatures Commons leader Harriet Harman has decided to back a limited experiment with e-democracy after the general election. This could result in Parliament being required to debate e-petitions if there is support above a minimum threshold. She has put ...
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KIEV, Ukraine — When it comes to messy politics — and old-fashioned entertainment — it's hard to top the theatrics of the relatively young democracy in Ukraine .
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