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IVN will be hosting the first ever, online presidential debate on Thursday, October 18 at 4pm PST/ 7pm EDT. Unlike debates in the past, the candidates and moderators will simultaneously participate from different states. IVN is working with Google+ Politics to host the event using a live Google+ Hangout. The participants will include Libertarian candidate and former Governor of New Mexico, Gary Johnson and Green Party candidate Dr. Jill Stein. Governor Johnson will be joining the debate from La

Politics Online: Nowhere else have the institutional barriers to political participation been lowered than on the internet. From websites, to social networks, to phone applications, today's online technology provides us tools of communication that could not be imagined even a decade ago. This week on IVN, we are hosting the world's first Online Debate on Google+ with Gov. Gary Johnson (L) and Dr. Jill Stein (G), we have started a "Drop Your Party" Facebook Application, and we are excited to ann

Credit: fitsnews.com US Senator Rand Paul, through his political action committee, RANDPAC, is distributing ads against Democratic incumbent Joe Manchin of West Virginia, Bill Nelson of Florida, and Sherrod Brown of Ohio over their support for foreign aid to countries that are hostile to the United States. Featuring harrowing images of rioters and burning fires from the Middle East, the narrator says: "While they tear down and burn the American flag in Egypt and shout 'Death to America,' Joe

IVN.us will be hosting the first ever, online presidential debate. Unlike debates in the past, the candidates and moderators will simultaneously participate from different states. IVN.us will utilize its website and associated social media accounts to publish the event and gather questions for the candidates. The participants will include Libertarian candidate and former Governor of New Mexico, Gary Johnson and Green Party candidate Dr. Jill Stein. Governor Johnson will be joining from Laramie,

Photo: Wikimedia Commons / Author: "AgnosticPreachersKid" Ben Bernanke's recent decision to launch the third wave of quantitative easing for an indefinite period has triggered a fierce debate among policymakers. Citing an unemployment rate of 8.1% that has seen little change since the beginning of the year and according to Bernanke, "is well above normal levels," the Fed chairman stated Thursday the new plan to purchase agency mortgage backed securities at a pace of $40 billion a month, "shoul

When politicians cross party lines, it is often thought that they are betraying their partisan ideologies. Yet those who unwaveringly adhere to partisan ideologies are betraying common sense. Liberals seem eager to entrust more functions to the government, citing aspirations for social betterment, while conservatives question if government is effective enough to handle such duties, citing the massive budgetary deficits. In today’s America, the issues vary vastly, while the ideologies don’t, and

Photo: organicconnectmag.com Republican Missouri Senate candidate Todd Akin recently told reporters that he opposes the Senate version of the 2012 Farm Bill due to the legislation’s spending on the National School Lunch Program. Reiterating his point to farmers at the Missouri Farm Bureau's Political Action Committee, FARM-PAC, the Columbia Daily Tribune reports that the six-term congressman representing suburban St. Louis County said: "I've never been a big fan of the government, and particul

Hoover Dam near Las Vegas. Credit: commons.wikimedia.org The politics of Colorado River water rival those of Northern Ireland and Lebanon for complexity, opaqueness to outsiders, and rivalries going back decades. Even those familiar with the territory aren’t always sure what’s going on. Las Vegas and the Southern Nevada Water Authority (SNWA) headed by Pat Mulroy give surrounding states twitches as they try to figure out what SNWA will do next. And SNWA is making moves again. Southern Nevada h

Credit: usnews.com The drought that has been plaguing vast areas of the nation this summer, has intensified dramatically over the past week according to the U.S. Drought Monitor. The unrelenting heat and dryness of the regions most severely affected has caused the increased drought conditions stretching across 29 states. Drought Monitor author, Brian Fuchs, stated that the recent jump is the highest ever recorded since the inception of the nation’s drought monitor. The states in which drought

A Mississippi federal judge this afternoon ruled in favor of keeping the last Mississippi abortion clinic open by blocking the state's TRAP bill. This means the Governor's bill failed, for now, in outlawing abortion in the state without overturning Roe v. Wade. The judge previously blocked the law with a temporary restraining order on July 1. The Associated Press reports the judge did not initially say how long today's extended order will last. Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant (R) signed into law