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Video:

Gun Ownership
Description: CNN discusses the role of the National Rifle Association as an organization amidst calls for reforms to gun ownership rights in the aftermath of school shootings.
Learning Objective: 14-5

Electoral College
Description: An abridged TED lesson on the origins and dimensions of the US Electoral College, with a discussion of role of individual votes in electing a political candidate.
Learning Objective: 14-5

Audio:

Homegrown Terror
Description: NPR Morning Edition story about US Justice Department intensifying efforts to identify and control domestic "homegrown" terrorism because of recent cases of terrorist events in the US
Learning Objective: 14-7

Citizens United Ruling
Description: NPR story about the origins, clout, as well as social and legal ramifications of recent legislation on the ability of wealth donors to contribute funds to promote or attack candidates during Presidential elections in US politics
Learning Objective: 14-2

Voting Rights
Description: An NPR news report about whether new legislation requiring potential voters to present photo ID is a violation of civil rights. Younger minorities argue that these new laws constitute discrimination because it places disproportionate and undue hardship on them to acquire and provide photo identification as an obstacle to voting.
Learning Objective: 14-2

Web:

Felon Disenfranchisement
Description: This Pacific Standard article introduces the practice of states barring individuals convicted of crimes from voting, and provides context for the disproportionate percentage of racial minorities affected by such regulation.
Learning Objective: 14-3