Unfiltered Political News by Independent Contributors

Electing ideas/Demanding passage: What will make it onto the GREATER PLATFORM

We cover the good, the bad, we critique, and make recommendations for campaigns.

News from the Golden State.

Deciphering the media and politics with an independent perspective

Conservatism, as the name implies, is about conserving: conserving life, conserving culture, and conserving one’s country.

Taking the crazy world of politics, and making it visual.

A Common Sense take on public policy, electoral politics, and current events.

An alternative view to third parties, independents, and primary challengers

The future of democracy is already here

"Fix reason firmly in her seat, and call to her tribunal every fact, every opinion." - Thomas Jefferson

An eye in the sky for middle America's political landscape

Independent Journalists Covering America's Finest City

Evaluating what affects teachers and students beyond the classroom. There is no final exam.

Calling on Congress to examine ways in which partisanship is hurting the political system

This is the team behind IVN. Join us on our blog, where we share things that are interesting to us on a more personal level.

Navigating the political world, elections, and innovation through the lens of social media.

All articles, commentaries and opinions are the sole work of the individual authors and are not directed or controlled by IVN or FIVE.

Contemporary political commentary with a literary flair

Free your Vote from Party Control

National and South Carolina politics with an independent flair

Encouraging private and public entities to produce sound financial reports and informing the public of the importance of truthful accounting

Taking a closer look at politics and current events

Bridging the Old Right to a New Era

Exploring the seminal role of money in politics

Realist Foreign Policy from an Independent Perspective

Bringing the foundation of American principles to the today's politics

A little common sense in a chaotic world

Taking controversial positions and questioning the conventional wisdom

Political observations and ruminations from a fish out water

A Frenchman's journey in the land of the free.

Examining the intersection of the environment, the law and politics

It comes down to reality, and its fine with me cause I've let it slide

2012 Election Coverage for Independent-minded Voters

Unwinding the tangled partisan media mess

Independent political thought that unites us all

Economics and foriegn policy from a Southern Gentleman

Keeping a close eye on Texas politics so you don't have to

Raising the discourse surrounding the Supreme Court of the United States

An Independent's slightly skewered observations of politics and society running amok

A liberal versus conservative digital debate. Agreeing to disagree is just the start.

In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes. —Benjamin Franklin

Open Primaries, Blanket Primaries, Digital Democracy and better ballot access from former member of New York State Committee of the Independence Party

Sustainability in financing and trade will determine the future of our world.

Dedicated to digging up historical, fun, and interesting facts about political partisanship and much more in the United States.

Ideas are needed to fuel change, but the wheels of change are turned through collective action