Floridians have negative feelings about undocumented immigrants, but an overwhelming majority favor policy that would allow such immigrants a path to U.S. citizenship, a new University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences survey suggests. The survey of 507...

On September 11, 2001, Ryan Smith was 14 years old and had just started high school. From that day forward he realized the importance of being aware of what’s going on in the world and doing his...

Ashley Ross, 29, entered politics for a love of face-paced work and the feeling of changing lives for the better. With a deep faith in God, Ashley places these values above politics, and although she is highly...

Stephanie Rosendorf, 22, began working in politics during the 2008 election. Though barely old enough to vote, Stephanie became aware of the “various problems we faced in our country both economically and socially”, and set out to...

Amy Ritter, 27, entered politics with a sense of urgency to fight “against the few who take advantage of the many.”  Above politics, she values “equality, in gender, in rights, in access, equality.” Amy’s first shot came from...

Former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld refused to tell Larry King whether he supported same-sex marriage but he suggested it could lead to polygamy. “You know, I’m, I guess, of a generation that I don’t — I wonder — I...

Zara Rahim, 22, entered politics with a passion for women’s issues, poverty and development — all of which were influenced by her family’s experience emigrating from Bangladesh in the 1980s.  As a high school senior in 2008, with...

Jared Keller summarizes findings from a new report by Pew and the Berkman Center for Internet Society: The joint paper found that teenagers are sharing more and more personal information online: 91 percent of teenagers post at least one photo of themselves...

Tom Piccolo, 29, entered politics after coming to terms with the fact that his 40-yard dash was never under five seconds, thus eliminating professional sports as a viable option.  Tom has since worked for hundreds of candidates, companies...

For Toby Philpot, 30, involvement in politics is a moral duty. Quoting Dutch statesman Abraham Kuyper to that effect, Toby believes that political battle is a calling, and for him this means the protection of constitutional fidelity....