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Marta Steele is an author/editor/blogger who has been writing for Opednews.com since 2006. She is also author of the 2012 book "Grassroots, Geeks, Pros, and Pols: The Election Integrity Movement's Nonstop Battle to Win Back the People's Vote, 2000-2008" (Columbus, Free Press) and a member of the Election Integrity movement since 2001. Her original website, WordsUnLtd.com, first entered the blogosphere in 2003. She recently became a senior editor for Opednews.com. She has in the past taught college and worked as a full-time as well as freelance reporter. She has been a peace and election integrity activist since 1999. Her undergraduate and graduate educational background are in Spanish, classical philology, and historical and comparative linguistics. Her biography is most recently listed in "Who's Who in America" 2019 and in 2018 she received a Lifetime Achievement Award from Who's Who. OpEd News Member for 859 week(s) and 6 day(s) 358 Articles, 213 Quick Links, 1074 Comments, 72 Diaries, 15 Series, 0 Polls
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Saturday, July 28, 2012The Olympics: London When Penn State Went Straight Ruminations on the collision between the horrendous tragedy at Penn State and the Fourth Summer Olympiad. 
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Sunday, February 17, 2013"Forward on Climate" Rally and March, 17 January 2013 Today's Forward on Climate rally was the largest ever--the statement it delivered to the president, with more than one communal scream among the 35,000 participants, conveyed a clear, strong, and unmistakable message: Let we-the-people live! Series: Greg Palast and environmentalism (21 Articles, 39383 views), Reviews (104 Articles, 150200 views), The Capitol Beat (78 Articles, 110514 views) (View All Series) 
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Thursday, January 21, 2016Myth Busting: Voter IDs Have Been Part of the U.S. Landscape since 1970! This article, a brief draft from my forthcoming book Ballots or Bill$: The Future of Democracy? Or, Why Does Evil Genius Always Win? is for those (I don't know how many . . . maybe I'm assuming too much) who believe that the photo ID requirement was born in Indiana and Georgia in 2008. But that is when STRICT photo ID entered the picture: the requirement of not only any form of ID, but state- or federally issued photo ID ... Series: Election Integrity (99 Articles, 180675 views), politics in general (49 Articles, 122413 views), Reviews (104 Articles, 150200 views) (View All Series) 
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Saturday, December 15, 2012Bang Bang, You're Dead! Some thoughts, some old, some borrowed, all blue, hardly new, on the subject of gun violence in the US of A.
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Friday, October 21, 2011Confronting Discimination In The Post-9/11 Era: Challenges And Opportunities Ten Years Later Report on panel discussions held by officers of the U.S. Department of Justice at the George Washington University Law School on October 19, 2011, on 'Confronting Discrimination in the Post-9/11 Era." Series: Islam and Interfaith Issues Including Islamophobia (21 Articles, 38038 views) 
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Wednesday, September 11, 2013"Attack on America" Reflections on the 12th anniversary of 9/11. Series: Islam and Interfaith Issues Including Islamophobia (21 Articles, 38038 views)
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Tuesday, January 24, 2012O's SOTU, ANNOTATED: BIDEN AND A SLICE OF FACE Annotated paraphrase of this year's SOTU--the faint-hearted shouldn't read the most irreverent notes. Series: The Capitol Beat (78 Articles, 110514 views) 
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Saturday, November 21, 2015Happy International Indigenous People's Day 2015 Some thoughts as the Fourth Thursday of November approaches, a day we call Thanksgiving and that I proposed we rename International Indigenous People's Day. Series: International (8 Articles, 20018 views)
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Tuesday, October 3, 2017Mayday October 3 at SCOTUS: Political Gerrymandering on Trial The U.S. Supreme Court today heard arguments pro and con a landmark case that is predicted to determine the future of gerrymandering in this country, Gill v. Whitford, which originated in a dispute over this practice at the level of the Wisconsin state legislature in 2011; then a three-judge federal court ruled against it. 
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Saturday, September 19, 2015Brennan Center for Justice Panel, Press Club, 9/17: "America's Voting Technology Crisis" A stimulating and informative panel discussion about the newly released Brennan Center Report "America's Voting Technology Crisis," held at the Press Club in Washington, DC, on November 17. Series: Election Integrity (99 Articles, 180675 views), Reviews (104 Articles, 150200 views) 
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Wednesday, September 12, 2018September Is National Voting Rights Month, Proclaim Sen. Ron Wyden and Rep. Marc Veasey Today Sen. Ron Wyden and Rep. Marc Veasey proclaim this month National Voting Rights month. Spread the word and walk the walk to be sure that the one person/one vote principle ascends from a SCOTUS decision to continuous, unhampered realization.
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Thursday, November 10, 2016Information Received by the Election Protection Command Center, Washington, DC, on Election Day 2016 Notes on information received from diverse sources by the Washington, DC-based ELECTION PROTECTION COMMAND CENTER on November 8, 2016 Series: Election Integrity (99 Articles, 180675 views), politics in general (49 Articles, 122413 views), The Capitol Beat (78 Articles, 110514 views) (View All Series) 
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Saturday, July 20, 2013Dinner with Helen Thomas: A Reminiscence A brief reminiscence of a privileged two hours I spent dining with Helen Thomas and a friend, etched into my memory always. Series: Reviews (104 Articles, 150200 views), Islam and Interfaith Issues Including Islamophobia (21 Articles, 38038 views), The Capitol Beat (78 Articles, 110514 views) (View All Series)
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Tuesday, June 11, 2019Deeply Discounted DREs Sold to the General Public a Few Months Ago for a Few Months Other than completely free of charge, obsolete DREs were available in Licking County, Ohio at the deepest possible discount for a few months before the State's SoS intervened indignantly. Series: Election Integrity (99 Articles, 180675 views) 
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Sunday, November 13, 2022"The Fight for the Soul of the Democratic Party": John Nichols on E2022 Progressive journalist and prolific author John Nichols, national affairs correspondent for The Nation, addressed the 144th townhall of the Progressive Democrats of America (PDA) Sunday, on the ups and downs of the "red ripple" that, he said, salvaged the status quo for America, preserving social security, Medicare, Medicaid, and environmental concerns. Series: politics in general (49 Articles, 122413 views), democracy (23 Articles, 76739 views), activism in action (38 Articles, 98107 views) (View All Series) 
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Tuesday, June 19, 2012Take Back the American Dream II: Congress Comes to Take Back Progressives More about the first day of the Take Back the American Dream conference. Has Congress joined us too late? Series: Reviews (104 Articles, 150200 views), The Capitol Beat (78 Articles, 110514 views) 
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Monday, August 13, 2018Millennial Conflicts of Interest: The Vote-Fixing Triumvirate of SOS'S A triumvirate of SoS/vote fixers are wielding disproportionate power over political interests. As usual, both Democrats and democrats lose. Don't give up the fight, or we'll give up fighting. 
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Sunday, November 4, 2012Wasserman and Fitrakis, "Will the GOP Steal America's 2012 Election?" Review of an excellent retrospective on electoral corruption in the United States throughout its history and most particularly on the years 2004-2012, and what the events portend for the future of our democratic government. Series: Election Integrity (99 Articles, 180675 views) 
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Tuesday, October 23, 201210/22: Palast at DC's BB&P on $$$ vs. VOTES Greg Palast's lively discussion of his new bestseller "Billionaires and Ballot Bandits" at DC's popular progressive hangout Busboys and Poets yesterday (10/22). Series: Election Integrity (99 Articles, 180675 views), Greg Palast and environmentalism (21 Articles, 39383 views), Reviews (104 Articles, 150200 views) (View All Series) 
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Saturday, April 29, 2017The People's Climate Change March in Our Nation's Capitol The People's Climate Change March brought out more than 100,000 protesters from all over the country to brave the blazing 90 degree heat. I have never seen DC's Metro so crowded in my life, not even during the Cherry Blossom Festival, which tanked in tune with the arrival of the new regime, I mean administration. Page 9 of 19 First Last Back Next 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 View All |
