October 29th, 2007 Michelle Austein
Hundreds of Arab Americans from across the United States gather in a city with one of the largest concentrations of Arab Americans in the country to learn how they can make an impact in the 2008 U.S. elections. Participants in the Arab American Institute's National Leadership Conference October 25-28 in Dearborn, Michigan, meet with political leaders and learn some of the skills to support and run political campaigns.
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October 26th, 2007 Mercedes Suarez
On campuses across the country, university students are joining branches of College Republicans or College Democrats to participate in the political process. Some have a longstanding interest in politics, while others are motivated by the 2008 presidential candidates to become involved for the first time. USINFO looks at political activities of students at New York University in New York City.
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October 24th, 2007 Michelle Austein
Working for a presidential campaign requires lots of time and energy, something America's young people have in abundance. In the 2008 race, Republicans and Democrats are relying heavily on young people willing to work long hours to support a candidate in whom they believe. USINFO looks at the challenges and rewards of life on a political campaign.
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October 16th, 2007 Eric Green
Political pundits are debating whether newly named Nobel Peace Prize winner Al Gore will endorse one of the candidates for the Democratic Party’s nomination for president. But perhaps an equally important debate is whether such an endorsement would even matter in the U.S. presidential race. USINFO talks to political observers about the value of endorsements in the race for the presidential nominations in both major parties.
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October 12th, 2007 Eric Green
A hot topic on American radio talk shows is whether the Fairness Doctrine, dropped as a rule in 1987, might be reinstated. The measure, which essentially said that U.S. broadcast outlets must air both sides of controversial issues, became news after conservative radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh was accused of questioning the patriotism of American soldiers critical of the Iraq War.
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October 11th, 2007 Stephen Kaufman
U.S. Census records indicate the 44-million-member Hispanic community is the fastest growing minority group in the United States, accounting for as much as half of the total population growth. However, because Hispanics account for only 10 percent of new voters, their growing numbers are not translating into political influence yet, says Richard Fry, a senior research associate at the nonpartisan Pew Hispanic Center.
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October 5th, 2007 Eric Green
U.S. presidential candidates are using the time-honored practice of declaring their allegiance to American sports teams to show their affinity with regular people. The most publicized examples of these displays are with New York Democratic Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton and Republican Rudy Giuliani, the former mayor of New York City. Clinton and Giuliani are considered the front-runners for their respective political parties’ presidential nominations in 2008.
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