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10 Ways the U.S. Has Kept Citizens From Voting
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From Poll taxes and literacy tests to ID laws, the U.S. has long-restricted citizens' right to vote. Learn some voting barriers at HowStuffWorks.
How Festivus Works
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Tired of the normal holiday run-around? There's Festivus! Read how it works.
What if China never had a one-child policy?
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China's government imposed mandatory IUDs and mass sterilizations, among other measures. That's some serious micromanagement. Was it necessary to avert a population disaster?
The Racial History of the Term 'Grandfathered In'
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While it often evokes the image of a gray-haired, old gentleman let off the hook because of his age, the intention behind the term 'grandfathered' came from origins far more sinister.
Can We Guess If You Identify More as a Democrat, Republican or Independent?
If there was ever a time to pay attention to politics, the time is now! But do you stand with the extremes, or somewhere in between? Take this quiz now and we'll guess if you're more Democrat, Republican or independent!
'Lazy Americans': Is U.S. Voter Turnout Really Too Low?
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Is voter turnout in the U.S. really too low? Find out why the U.S. voter turnout may not be that bad at HowStuffWorks Now.
Was the Iroquois Great Law of Peace the Source for the U.S. Constitution?
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Historians doubt that the Iroquois Confederacy directly inspired the U.S. Constitution. HowStuffWorks looks at what influences the Iroquois' ideas may have had on the former colonists.
Frederick Douglass' North Star Newspaper Relaunched
HowStuffWorks goes inside the relaunch of Frederick Douglass' 19th century abolitionist newspaper, The North Star.
'Hidden Figures' Who Stood With Martin Luther King Jr.
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Coretta Scott King and numerous other women who stood with Martin Luther King Jr. were committed activists in their own right during the Civil Rights Movement.
Remembering Singer, Actor and Activist Harry Belafonte
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Harry Belafonte has died. A shining star in his own right, Belafonte was a key supporter of the civil rights movement and other humanitarian missions.