“With Liberty and Justice for All” -- the phrase should be familiar. The idea is a recurring theme in our pledge, our constitution, and our judicial system. But do Americans truly
Three articles have appeared in the past week from three different sources that draw three different but interrelated pictures about Millennials and their politics. Gallup released a report showing Millennials
1. Opinion piece in the Montgomery Advertiser advocates adopting a nonpartisan, top-two open primary system in Alabama.
"Even more importantly, however, this eliminates the unfair choices that some
I have often said that there are three basic questions that our political process has to answer anew in each generation:
1. What kind of stuff do we want to
The Roberts Court, which began in 2005 and has been altered by two replacements — Sonia Sotomayor in 2009 and Elena Kagan in 2010 — has been asked to clarify the precise
In late May, Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel ordered a review of the military health care system in light of the ever growing health care scandal at the VA. While
Greg Orman, the independent candidate for U.S. Senate in Kansas, hit a major milestone on Wednesday by reaching the $600,000 mark in individual campaign contributions. This total does
1. California No Party Preference candidate Dan Schnur published an op-ed in the Philadelphia Daily News about the growing independent voting bloc and the future of politics.
"Independent
In interviews for IVN, Orange County Supervisor Janet Nguyen (R) and Democratic Assemblyman Jose Solorio (AD-69) were asked how their campaigns to represent Senate District 34 plan to appeal
Update notice: This article has been updated from the original published post to include quotes from Maurice Henderson, the campaign manager for Yes on Oregon Open Primary.
Voters in Oregon
According to one comprehensive
study, the national poverty rate was approximately 27 percent in 1967: without decades of welfare programs, that rate would have risen to 29 percent by 2011
One of Americans’ favorite topics to gripe about is the woeful state of American journalism. However, the angles of attack are as varied as people’s political opinions.
For some,
