Fifteen years ago, at the age of 88, Doris "Granny D" Haddock began a 3,200 mile journey across the United States to advocate for campaign finance reform.
Massachusetts passed the first wage law in 1912, followed soon after by thirteen more states and the District of Columbia. However, the Supreme Court ruling in
Schechter Poultry Corp. v.
Yesterday, Sean Sullivan of the Washington Post
wrote an article where he argued that:
While many Americans like to describe themselves as independent voters -- especially at a time when neither
As previously reported on IVN, a coalition of third party and nonpartisan groups, including the Independent Voter Project, are combining resources in an effort to produce Open Debates 2016. The
Nineteen years have passed since Angus King was elected Governor of Maine as an independent, sixteen since wrestler Jesse Ventura “shocked the world” by beating two well-funded rivals in
The practice of hyper-partisan politics is rearing its ugly head for Republican and Democratic leaders. Gallup released a survey of political affiliation trends for 2013 Wednesday and things don&
If equal affection cannot be,
Let the more loving one be me .
--W.H. Auden
One of the more comforting myths of the modern political age is that the government
On Tuesday, a federal judge temporarily blocked new
restrictions on ballot access for third parties in Ohio. The decision is a victory for third parties in the state as well
The quote, popularized by Mark Twain, who attributed it (
erroneously?) to the 19th-century British Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli, speaks volumes.
Facts, as often reported, may be based on statistics.
Most of the country ‘s political scene is looking toward the new year and the upcoming
midterm elections in November wondering how a new congressional makeup might change the current
As 2013 came to a close, Global Democracy Ranking published its annual report on the quality of democracy around the world, including a list of the best and worst democracies.
In office barely a year, U.S. Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) is a hot political commodity, but what does his future hold?
History is littered with personalities who rose
Chad Peace