elections in the United States, political drafts are used to encourage or pressure a certain person to enter a political race, by demonstrating a significant...

of a vessel Draft (sail), degree of curvature in a sail Air draft, distance from waterline to the highest point on a vessel Draft (politics), groundswell...

referred to as draft resistance. Although draft resistance is discussed below as a form of "draft evasion", draft resisters and scholars of draft resistance...

The Vietnam war draft were two lotteries conducted by the Selective Service System of the United States on December 1, 1969, to determine the order of...

The NFL draft, officially known as the Annual Player Selection Meeting, is an annual event which serves as the most common source of player recruitment...

The New York City draft riots (July 13–16, 1863), sometimes referred to as the Manhattan draft riots and known at the time as Draft Week, were violent...

In the United States, military conscription, commonly known as the draft, has been employed by the U.S. federal government in six conflicts: the American...

Draft evasion in the Vietnam War was a common practice in the United States and in Australia. Significant draft avoidance was taking place even before...

Initially a progressive political organization, Nick Brana formed the party after the 2016 presidential election as a successor to the "Draft Bernie for a People's...

Conscription, also known as the draft in American English, is the practice in which the compulsory enlistment in a national service, mainly a military...

working-class readers to pursue armed resistance to the draft passed by Congress earlier in the year. When the draft began in the city, working-class European Americans...

Steel Community (ECSC) and the proposed European Defence Community (EDC). A draft EPC treaty, as drawn up by the ECSC assembly (now the European Parliament)...

The 2016 NBA draft was held on June 23, 2016, at Barclays Center in Brooklyn. It was televised nationally in the U.S. by ESPN, and was live streamed for...

The Draft Eisenhower movement was a widespread political movement that eventually persuaded Dwight D. Eisenhower, former Chief of Staff of the United States...

The 1986 NBA draft was held on June 17, 1986. This draft holds the record for the most players (out of prospects chosen) who later debuted in the NBA...

The 2011 NBA draft was held on June 23, 2011, at Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey. The draft started at 8:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time (23:00 UTC)...

The 2017 NBA draft was held on June 22, 2017, at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. National Basketball Association (NBA) teams took turns selecting...

Politics of India works within the framework of the country's Constitution. India is a parliamentary secular democratic republic in which the president...

The politics of Japan are conducted in a framework of a dominant-party bicameral parliamentary representative democratic constitutional monarchy. A hereditary...

represent independent political dimensions. The expressions political compass and political map are used to refer to the political spectrum as well, especially...

players together. In other words, political landscape is what defines relationships between colleagues at a given time. Drafting of this landscape begins with...

The politics of Cambodia are defined within the framework of a constitutional monarchy, in which the king serves as the head of state, and the prime minister...

Cuba has had a socialist political system since 1961 based on the "one state – one party" principle. Cuba is constitutionally defined as a single party...

Indian economist, jurist, social reformer and political leader who chaired the committee that drafted the Constitution of India based on the debates...

The politics of Kenya take place in a framework of a presidential republic, whereby the president is both head of state and head of government, and of...

the root of political turmoil. The 1997 constitution was considered a landmark for the degree of public participation involved in its drafting, as well as...

Politics (Πολιτικά, Politiká) is a work of political philosophy by Aristotle, a 4th-century BC Greek philosopher. At the end of the Nicomachean Ethics...

was a member of the Jacobin Club, a revolutionary political movement that was the most famous political club during the French Revolution (1789–1799). The...

resistance more than it was draft resistance. The image of draft-card burning was powerful and influential in American politics and culture. It appeared...

The politics of Russia take place in the framework of the federal semi-presidential republic of Russia. According to the Constitution of Russia, the President...