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Knives Come Out Against Reform at NYC CRC Hearing as Independents Rise

Last week in Staten Island, the NYC Charter Revision Commission held its next-to-last public hearing. As Commissioner Diane Savino commented, addressing NYC's closed primary system “is the single biggest issue we’ve heard this year.”

By Cathy Stewart

June 30, 2025

Knives Come Out Against Reform at NYC CRC Hearing as Independents Rise

Memoir Gives First-Hand Account of the Real Crises on the Southern Border

Since the New Year, I have been reading a steady diet of memoirs. The genre has captivated me since working with my 93-year-old father to finish his memoir,

By Cathy Stewart

March 11, 2019

REVIEW: “An American Sickness: How Healthcare Became Big Business and How You Can Take It Back”

Dr. Elisabeth Rosenthal is a journalist, author, and former medical practitioner. She was kind enough to join Independent Voting’s Vice President for National Development, Cathy Stewart, for her Politics

By Cathy Stewart

February 6, 2019

REVIEW: "An American Sickness: How Healthcare Became Big Business and How You Can Take It Back"

Dr. Elisabeth Rosenthal is a journalist, author, and former medical practitioner. She was kind enough to join Independent Voting’s Vice President for National Development, Cathy Stewart, for her Politics

By Cathy Stewart

February 6, 2019

A Review of "An American Sickness: How Healthcare Became Big Business and How You Can Take It Back"

Elisabeth Rosenthal accomplishes the seemingly impossible: she’s created a digestible and oftentimes heartfelt guide to the American health care system. Statistical analyses, facts, and financial data litter the book,

By Cathy Stewart

November 8, 2018

Politics for the People Book Club: 5 Books to Add to Your Summer Reading List

I am writing from a spot nestled in the woods in Washington County in rural New York, listening to the chatter of the morning birds and looking forward to a

By Cathy Stewart

July 5, 2018

Politics for the People Book Club: Independents Are Indeed Rising

This month, I invited Frank Fear to review the book, Independents Rising: Outside Movements, Third Parties, and the Struggle for a Post-Partisan America. Jacqueline Salit, the president of Independent

By Cathy Stewart

June 6, 2018

Politics for the People Book Club: The Secrets of Mary Bowser

Editor's note: this article was co-authored by Cathy Stewart (introduction) and Caroline Donnola (main article). The Politics for the People (P4P) Book Club brings together independent-minded

By Cathy Stewart

May 2, 2018

"Declaration of Independents": A Candidate's Scathing Indictment of Two-Party Duopoly

Independents and the political establishment are keeping a close eye on what is happening in Kansas this year. Greg Orman, a successful business leader and entrepreneur, is running as an

By Cathy Stewart

April 5, 2018

Politics for the People: A Book Club for the Curious Independent

Book clubs have been a part of American life since 1634 when Anne Hutchinson started a “literary circle” for women as they crossed the Atlantic en route to the colonies.

By Cathy Stewart

March 8, 2018