David Cameron: Britain will decide on votes for prisoners not a 'foreign court'
23 May 2012, 7:42 am
Prime minister pledges to fight European Court of Human Rights after it ordered Britain to give prisoners the vote within six months, saying decision should not be made by "foreign court".

David Cameron should pull out of European court, says think tank
23 May 2012, 5:57 am
Cameron urged to pull out of European Court of Human Rights after it ordered Britain to give prisoners the vote.

David Cameron urged to stand up to Europe over prisoner vote row
22 May 2012, 4:41 pm
Cameron under pressure to stand up to European Court of Human Rights after it ordered Britain to give prisoners the vote.

European Court Rules British Prisoners Must Be Granted Voting Rights
22 May 2012, 1:56 pm
Prime Minister David Cameron has said in the past that the thought of inmates voting made him “physically ill."

Election Surge by Egypt's Old Guard Frustrates Revolutionary Youth
21 May 2012, 9:52 am
CAIRO - Egyptian youth are expected to turn out in high numbers for their country's first presidential election since the ouster of Hosni Mubarak. Many of the young activists who took part in last year's uprising say they feel they are not fully represented in the vote. Egypt's revolution primarily was an uprising of the young -- a rejection of the old, stifling, decades-long government. So it ...

This Day in 1912 in The Record: May 19, 1912
19 May 2012, 2:03 am
Sunday, May 19, 1912. “To a great many people, socialism seems to be a bogy and an impending catastrophe of fire and blood,” a Rochester Socialist tells Trojans today, “It will be a catastrophe to a certain part of the human race and certain elements of society.”

Future Arrives to Diversify Small-Town USA
18 May 2012, 8:56 am
When an unexpected Midwestern monsoon hits, there’s nothing like waiting out the storm while sipping horchata and listening to some good mariachi. Welcome to Mexico Antiguo, a restaurant on Main Street in Marshalltown, Iowa.Taking Root Related Gallery: Migration Beyond City Limits to Rural Iowa Interactive Map: Migration Across the USA: West and East Profile: Seen, Not Heard Essay: Who Is an ...

Welsh MP Alun Michael believes children as young as 14 should get the vote.
11 May 2012, 5:28 am
Welsh MP Alun Michael believes children as young as 14 should get the vote.

David Alexander Bullock: The Assault on Voting and Democracy in Detroit
3 May 2012, 2:52 pm
This year in the name of financial stability, the citizens of the city of Detroit will be disenfranchised. Democracy will be sacrificed at the altar of economic efficiency.

Letters: A shaming betrayal of cultural heritage
2 May 2012, 12:53 am
The threat to the Women's Library – a unique collection on women's struggle for equality – is, as Caroline Davies has so eloquently outlined ( Women's archive hunts for a saviour , 1 May), an act of cultural vandalism. The library has a national and international reputation, attracting thousands of visitors a year. In 2011 it was awarded Unesco Memory of the World status for the documents and ...