National popular vote articles
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Choosing the president by national popular vote: A horrible idea
It’s time for the quadrennial discussion of the Electoral College. Every four years more than a few folks wonder aloud why the U.S. president isn’t simply chosen via a national popular vote.
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National Telephone Day: Most popular apps in Massachusetts
It is National Telephone Day which commemorates the creation of the telephone. Take a look back into how it was invented and where it is today.
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India’s Billionaire Wealth is on Display as Nation Votes
Indian corporate interests are counting on incumbent Modi winning another five years in office, “hoping for further easing of stifling investment restraints,” as per the Financial Times. This dismantling of regulations, which began a few decades before the BJP gained power, ushered in an erosion of India’s socialist infrastructure. Economists Subhashree Banerjee and Yash Tayal explained in the Deccan Herald, that India’s 1991 reforms ended up “liberalizing the Indian economy to an unprecedented...