The GOP is on a crusade to unseat President Barack Obama in 2012. Since taking control in many states during the 2010 midterm elections, Republicans have made it harder for minority, poor and young voters to cast their ballots. Early voting has been slashed in Ohio and Florida, and other states have begun requiring voter ID cards. The most recent step in their fight is in Pennsylvania, where a proposal to change the way th...

Teach for America gives children around the country the chance to be taught by college graduates who have shown the eagerness and drive to improvenational education.Eight Columbia students will join Teach for America in their quest to educate and enlighten students in underprivileged communities.Teach for America is an organization that places recent college graduates in schools around the country in 39 high-need areas. A...

Remember the 2008 election when Grant Park was filled with hopefuls awaiting President Barack Obama’s speech and the young 14 million-plus supporters who followed his campaign?It was a moment when many youths took interest in politics for the first time because of Obama’s “changing America” campaign or his smooth, powerfully delivered speeches. Either way, their attention was all his and Obama took advantage.Obama mana...

At a Republican rally in Colorado, U.S. Alaskan governor and Vice-Presidential hopeful, Sarah Palin accused Democratic candidate Barack Obama of "palling around with terrorists who would target their own country". The charge was repeated at a later rally for around 13,000 Orange County, California supporters.The accusation centers around a report in The New York Times associating Obama with William C. Ayers, a Chicago professor who was a member ...