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Targeting Poverty

Targeting Poverty

It’s a promise being made to a part of the world where life and death can lie just a few inches from each other. It is a pledge to help end poverty, achieve universal education, reduce child mortality rates, and much more—all by 2015 in Africa and 2025 globally.

One Year Later: Why My First Vote Won’t Be My Last

One Year Later: Why My First Vote Won’t Be My Last

In 2000, I had my first taste of the democratic voting process. I was in the 6th grade and we were learning about how the voting process works by watching and reporting the presidential race between Al Gore and George W. Bush. We did lots of research on their platforms, policies and backgrounds. It was so exciting to see the process in action. By unanimous vote, Al Gore was my class' pick for president. In our eyes,he couldn't lose; logic and fairy-tale endings were on his side. Boy, were we in for a rude awakening from our dream of American democracy.

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