If the Big Guy in the sky wanted to measure the collective IQ of his people, he might give them a simple problem with some incentive to...

If we let honor, truth, facts go undefended, we will not remain free for long. This is our generation's challenge – to defend our...

VoteSmart.org released today the factual records on 13,934 politicians running for office, including biographical details, issue...

Written By: Naomi Tilles, Vote Smart Intern Naomi is an incoming Junior at Pomona College. Can you name your state legislators? If you’re...

She had some legs. At only 13 she ran down Tom Brokaw. Now who would run down a journalist for an autograph at that age? The future...

“There go the people. I must follow them for I am their leader!” French Revolutionary Ledru-Rollin and U. S. politicians? In a democracy...

Written By: Elizabeth Ford, Vote Smart Intern Elizabeth is an incoming Senior at Pepperdine University. Police reform is at the forefront...

This guy spends his days testing the willingness of American political candidates to answer simple, straightforward questions on issues...

“I am a War Time President.” Could it be any clearer? FACT: The president, the congress, our state leaders, and every single infectious...

Politicians everywhere are spending most of their time collecting cash so they can advertise how dangerous their opponent is. This year,...

Every generation finds reason to cast stones at those who came before. It will be no different with generations to come who will find...

1. Remove civics education from our schools. 2. Sprinkle in reductions in science education and reading until we’re 24th in the world. 3....

No thinking American can remain seated as they witness such a degradation of our government. It is American sacrilege to suggest that...

I was walking down our street this morning and just over my shoulder I heard someone say, “Hello!” I turned around and happily replied,...

Unknown to most citizens, the U.S. Senate has a Candy Desk. Generally staffed by Republican senators and managed by tradition, it has...

This morning I wasn’t too sure I wanted to get out of bed and hear more bad news. So, I picked up my book, Genghis Khan, and read a few...

It sat unnoticed and motionless in a Jasmine I planted some years ago. I might never have noticed, had I not used a garden hose to spray...

A foundation once told me they would not fund Vote Smart because there was no way to measure our success. It is true, we cannot prove...

I was eleven when I got two pet Guinea pigs. I named one Senator and the other Governor (I was taken by politics at an early age). I just...

This famous children’s game originated on the deadliest of battlefields. In the Civil War soldiers that were able to capture the flag or...