<div><p>Since last week over twelve hundred&nbsp;protesters have&nbsp;subjected themselves to arrest outside the U.S. Capitol building, with thousands more pledging their willingness to join them.</p><p>Their goal? To draw attention to widespread fears about corruption and the influence of money in 

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<div><p>If the 2016 presidential election is proving anything, it’s that voters are not happy with the state of their union.</p><p>On the left and right, we’re seeing insurgents give establishment candidates a run for their money. Democrats are breaking from former Secretary of State <strong>Hillary

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<div><p>The presidential election is already in full swing, and you’re hearing candidates predictably talk about how they’ll change Washington for the better. No, for real this time. No, for real, for real. Listen to a few of these men and women, and you’ll hear that our nation’s capital is dysfunct

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<div>Americans are known for patting themselves on the back — a lot. History texts routinely teach that the Constitution is our civic religion. Certainly, in my role as an IVN independent author, I often see articles that parade our Constitution as an irrevocable victory and self-evident right.<p>Ou

FISC: The Secret Surveillance Court Few Americans Know

<div>Taxpayer-funded&nbsp;party primaries&nbsp;may soon be a thing of the past in Mississippi, if a <p><a href="http://www.sos.ms.gov/About/Pages/Press-Release.aspx?pr=588" rel="noopener noreferrer">recent report</a> from a state-sponsored study group means anything.</p><p>Convened by Mississippi’s 

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<div>In late October, Warner Bros. and two other studios premiered Interstellar, a blockbuster science-fiction film by award-winning director Christopher Nolan that chronicles the odyssey of a team of NASA astronauts in their search for a habitable planet as Earth succumbs to the death knells of cro

Is the Entertainment Industry Doing the Media’s Job When It Comes to Climate Change?

<div><p><strong>WASHINGTON, D.C.</strong>— A federal official with the nation’s top auto safety regulator vowed at a House subcommittee hearing on Wednesday that the agency would consider every legal measure available against a Japanese auto parts supplier suspected of providing car manufacturers wi

Feds Vow Civil, Possible Criminal Charges After Japanese Airbag Maker Refuses National Recall

<div><p>U.S. officials appeared to be closer on Wednesday to clinching an agreement with Iran that would stop the country from developing nuclear weapons, signs of progress welcome in a region that continues to know extreme violence as ISIS militants step up their attacks.</p>Jeff Rathke, a spokespe

 U.S. Officials Close to Deal that Could Halt Iran’s Nuclear Weapons Program

<div><p>Registered nurses organized strikes across the country on Wednesday to protest care standards in the wake of the Ebola crisis, even as some hospitals wrangled with union members over their pensions, pay, and collective bargaining rights.</p><p>National Nurses United, the Maryland-based union

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