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"Higher" Education: How to Fix Our Schools By Ending the War on Drugs
Several Arizona teachers are set to walkout of their classrooms Thursday in protest of low teacher salaries and in-classroom spending that put Arizona below nearly every state. School districts are ev...
"Hollywood for Ugly People": Independent Candidate Gets Candid About DC Corruption
"Hollywood for ugly people."It is not a phrase coined by Michigan independent congressional candidate Cooper Nye. However, Nye says he can see why some people have come to view Washington, DC thi...
Young, Scrappy, and Hungry: More Independents Take On Two-Party Duopoly
Welcome to our weekly post, Independent Action, where we let you know the important moves independent candidates and organizations made over the past week.Nathan Altman, a 30-year old “scrappy en...
Independents Rally to Break Two-Party Model of Hypocrisy and Gridlock
Welcome to our weekly post, Independent Action, where we let you know the important moves Independent candidates and organizations made over the past week.Governor Bill Walker of Alaska passed HB...
Bonnie Reiss, We Were Lucky to Know ‘Ya
I lost a friend last week, Bonnie Reiss. She died of lung cancer at 62. The disease spread quietly until it emerged full force a year ago. Its grip was relentless. And it would not let go.Bonnie ...
Independent Candidates Make History; Throw Wrench Into Two-Party Machine
Welcome to our weekly post, Independent Action, where we let you know the important moves independent candidates and organizations made over the past week.Terry Hayes qualified for the ballot in ...
Is Noah Dyer The Most Honest Candidate in America?
Our politicians seem to hide their personal lives from us so well that we truly don’t know who they are. Only after a major scandal or legal action do we get to fling open their closet doors and see t...
Diary of an Independent Voter: What They Say About Us and Why They’re Afraid of Us
On Monday, March 12 at 8 pm ET, hundreds of people will dial into Independent Voting’s national conference call. Jackie Salit, president of Independent Voting, hosts these calls, and I wanted to exten...
Silent Giant: The Man Who Ended The Steroid Era in MLB
"I think Kevin Towers is THE most significant figure in the health of Major League Baseball." ~ FMR. State Senator Steve PeaceFor those lucky enough to call Kevin Towers a friend and colleague, they a...
AZ Politicians Seek to Shut Out 1.3 Million Voters from Taxpayer-Funded Primaries
The Republican-controlled Arizona legislature will consider a constitutional amendment that would close all statewide primary elections. HCR 2014, introduced by Republican State Representatives Brenda...