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Hulse said that the high voter turnout was also encouraging, especially in the Eliot, Mather and Yard races...
...voter referendum approved just that kind of arrangement for Pittsburgh, Pa., but not before a prolonged local struggle, federal intervention and one highly publicized death nearby. Critics of the department say that by the late 1980s, police were out of control. "They were taking people off the street with absolutely no due process and throwing them in jail," says A.C.L.U. attorney Timothy O'Brien. At the same time, virtually every complaint that came before the department's internal-affairs division was dismissed...
...whether the agent had a right to act that way. But for such a system to function, it sems crucial that citizens know and be able to defend their liberties. As I spend hours a day listening to people complain of injustice, I am struck by simultaneously-low voter turnout, daily grumbling overheard on the train about mandatory jury duty and ubiquitous public opinion polls that show Americans are unhappy with their goernment, their society and their lives. Make no mistake: it is not the endless calls for help that bother me, but rather the fact that they...
...that it is more than a risk. Such a mindset has set in, and as a result civic society has withered, and along with it, citizen satisfaction. Divorce rates, cheating on exams and tax fraud have all increased in the last 30 years, while charitable giving, community service and voter participation have all fallen. One-third of all Americans cannot name one of the five freedoms protected by the First Amendment. It's hard to believe there wasn't more responsibility--both personally and politically--two-hundred years ago: we were dumping tea in harbors, reading the [Federalist] papers...
...power in Congress. After 80 percent of the vote was tallied, the PRI commanded 38.2 percent of the vote compared to 27.3 percent for the center-right National Action Party and 25.2 percent for the centrist Democratic Revolution Party. Despite the PRI's difficulties, largely a reflection of voter outrage over the state of the economy, TIME's Tim Padgett says the party will still wield considerable power in Mexico. "The PRI is nowhere near dead. It still governs the lion's share of states, it's still the largest party in Congress, but it no longer looks like...