Barton Community College’s Science and Math building will no longer be a voting site for residents of Barton County Township-A.
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This Democracy Culture archive combines interesting culture, lifestyle, celebrities, weird news, and humor related to democracy. Democracy is a part of nature itself, a way of group decision making that is revolutionary in its application to political power. Democracy exists as part of our culture and is reflected in surprising ways throughout. These stories highlight the many expressions of democracy in everyday life. Also see our Political Art section.
Nonprofit Registers Thousands Of Voters at Music Festivals Like Bonnaroo
Voter registration non-profit HeadCount was onsite and hard at work getting music lovers both young and old involved in our country’s democratic system.
Actress Kerry Washington Joins Push For NY Automatic Voter Registration
Actress Kerry Washington are optimistic that Democrats will soon make automatic voter registration a reality in the Empire State.
Study: Insufficient Sleep Could Be Suppressing Voter Turnout
Why do people decide not to vote? New research published in the journal Nature Human Behaviour provides evidence that lack of sleep may play a role.
Kremlin-Friendly Chernobyl Miniseries Blames CIA for 1986 Disaster
A pro-Kremlin Russian TV network is planning to air a mini-series about Chernobyl, suggesting a CIA saboteur was behind the 1986 disaster in Ukraine.
Singer Billie Eilish Joins Nationwide Voter Registration Campaign
Billie Eilish is teaming up with Head Count, a non-partisan organization working with musicians to get people registered to vote.
Putin’s Media Struggle To Deal With HBO’s Chernobyl
Every major Russian media outlet had to chime in about the “Chernobyl” TV series by HBO. Although the foreign program airs only online to paying viewers.
Spanish Court Halts Government Plan to Exhume Franco
Spain’s Supreme Court on Tuesday temporarily halted the government’s plan to move the remains of Gen. Francisco Franco to a discreet tomb next week.
Sudanese Tea Seller Supports Protesters with Free Food, Drinks
Demonstrators sustained through lengthy negotiations and armed attacks by donations of food and drinks, many distributed by an extraordinary tea seller.
China’s Artful Dissident: New Documentary Profiles Badiucao
Film by Australian documentarian Ben-Moshe will be broadcast on ABC next week, showing career of the exiled Chinese cartoonist and street-artist Badiucao.