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Hard Times: The Economy
Worth ReadingWhen Did the Great Depression Receive Its Name? (And Who Named It?)What Are the Biggest Financial Scandals in U.S. History?Seeing Red: The Budget Deficit – Past, Present and...
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Tea Party
Worth ReadingHNN Hot Topics: The Tea Party MovementSimon Hall: The Tea Party, Patriotism, and the American Protest TraditionVote iQ Hot Topics: Tea Party HistoryVote iQ Hot Topics: What's the History...
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Occupy Wall Street
Worth ReadingHNN Hot Topics: Occupy Wall StreetBackgroundOccupy Wall Street began on September 17, 2011, when a group of protesters, prompted by a July 13 blog post by the Canadian anti-consumerist...
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Electing the President: Caucuses and Primaries
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North Korea
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Electing the President: How Do You Make Up Your Mind?
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Iran
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Constitution Day
Download this backgrounder as a Word documentWorth ReadingFull Text of the U.S. ConstitutionNational Endowment for the Humanities: Constitution DayJonathan Dresner: The Constitution, Ritual, and...
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Electing the President: Who Has the Right to Vote?
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Electing the President: Who Actually Votes?
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What Does the Vice President Actually Do?
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What Does the President Actually Do?
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Deficits and the Debt Ceiling
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Social Security
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Gun Control
Download this backgrounder as a Word documentWorth ReadingNew York Timesbackgrounder on gun controlHNN Hot Topics: Gun ControlDo Guns Cause Crime?BackgroundAuthor: Rick Shenkman read more
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