Search query: massachusetts
Despite What You've Heard, Single-Payer in California is Very Affordable
The California Senate passed legislation earlier this month to implement a single-payer health care system. The bill's passage was warmly received by progressives, but others have raised concerns abou ...
27 Jun, 2017
-
2 min read
WATCH: Want to Expand Voter Rights? Support Ranked Choice Voting
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ItsE_Xk-Z_sVideo Credit: VoterChoiceMA, June 9, 2017Voter Choice Massachusetts Executive Director Adam Friedman made one thing clear to Massachusetts Democrats: If ...
13 Jun, 2017
-
1 min read
Britain is Berning
The name of the group couldn’t have been more appropriate considering the circumstances: “Momentum.”Theresa May and her conservative wing were in control of the electorate. Ready to not only exercise ...
09 Jun, 2017
-
4 min read
National Popular Vote Compact Makes Huge Inroads in Another State
Ballot Access News reported Wednesday that the Oregon State House passed a bill that would add Oregon to the National Popular Vote Compact (NPVC). The plan is simple: Each state that joins the NP ...
25 May, 2017
-
1 min read
"Rising Star": Author of New Book Discusses Obama's Road to the Presidency
IVN's A Civil Assessment host T.J. O’Hara interviews David Garrow on his new book, Rising Star: The Making of Barack Obama, released this month.David discusses Obama before his politica ...
23 May, 2017
-
1 min read
Ending Political Corruption: Mass. Communities Rally
Massachusetts citizens from across the political spectrum are working together to fight corruption and fix a broken political system. Local members of Represent.us, the nation’s largest grassroots, no ...
18 May, 2017
-
2 min read
Comey's Firing: Clintonian, NOT Nixonian
The last 24 hours in Washington has brought to bare a political name and time in our country’s history that makes most shudder.Before his dismissal, FBI Director James Comey was leading probes into Tr ...
10 May, 2017
-
3 min read
Congress Effectively Legalizes Medical Marijuana at the Federal Level
Last week, Congress avoided a government shutdown by agreeing to a continuing resolution to keep the federal government funded for another week.Then over the weekend, US lawmakers agreed to a deal tha ...
04 May, 2017
-
3 min read
Ranked Choice Voting Gets Largest Support Ever from Mass. Lawmakers
A total of 31 lawmakers in Massachusetts are co-sponsoring H. 2897, which would allow towns, municipalities, and cities to use ranked choice voting for their local elections. ...
31 Mar, 2017
-
1 min read
Keep the Fight Alive: Independents Can Beat the Parties
The 2016 election cycle was an exceptionally rough one for voters and candidates alike. The divisive rhetoric and lack of support for the major-party candidates revealed a failure in our system to eng ...
02 Mar, 2017
-
3 min read
