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Leon Neal/AFP/Getty Images The Queen announced that UK citizens will need photo ID to vote in upcoming elections. In a country where an estimated quarter of voters lack ID, the move undermines democracy and disproportionately harms marginalized citizens. With extraordinarily low levels of electoral fraud conviction in the UK, the scheme will fortify the Conservatives stronghold and is an expensive distraction from much-needed social reform. Parisa Hashempour is a f...

Because they are charged with a civil violation, immigrants facing deportation are not guaranteed legal representation in court.

Walid Berrazeg/SOPA Images/LightRocket/Getty Images The Chinese Communist Party appears to exert some level of authority over the World Health Organization. Since 2016, Taiwan has been excluded from the World Health Assembly, which sets policy for the WHO. The WHO should invite Taiwan to this years assembly, especially since the country handled the pandemic well.  Jason Reed is a policy analyst and political commentator. This is an opinion column. The thoughts exp...

Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times/Getty Images Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos offered his support last month for Bidens corporate tax plan.  But Amazon and other large companies have avoided paying their share in taxes for years.  The Biden administration must close corporate tax loopholes or companies like Amazon will keep skirting the bill.  Jason Boyce is the author of The Amazon Jungle and founder of Amazon managed services agency, Avenue7Media. Previously, Boyce was...

Drew Angerer/Getty Images Now trolling and obstructionist shenanigans are all the GOP cares about. This is an opinion column. The thoughts expressed are those of the author. In 1994, Americans were presented with "A Contract with America" from Republican Leaders Newt Gingrich and Dick Armey. This policy document was a set of proposals inspired by President Ronald Reagans 1985 State of the Union speech.. The "contract" was a detailed document of specific policies an...

If you can't pick up your kid on time, you can pay for pricy after-school care. You're planning to be a working parent, so that should be fine, right?