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The US Must Free Itself from the Political-Industrial Complex
Editor's Note: This article originally appeared in The New York Times and has been republished on IVN with permission from the author. In his farewell address to the nation, President Dwigh...
Solving San Diego’s Pension Crisis Requires Change
This is an independent opinion. Have one of your own? Write it! Email it to hoa@ivn.usThe city of San Diego has been drowning in public-pension quicksand for at least two decades. Back in the early 20...
Supreme Court Makes Local Tax Hikes Easier
IVN San Diego Editor's Note: This Supreme Court ruling could have a big effect on San Diego. A proposed hotel tax increase came just short of winning a two-thirds vote in March. Supporters will likely...
Prop. 15 Will Create a Just, Equitable Future for All
With more than 3 million people, California’s K-12 Latino student population could be its own country. In fact, there are more Latinos studying in our public schools than there are people in the oil-r...
Life Without Conventions: San Diego's Downtown Businesses Find New Path
Aaron Trites says he’s always known he wanted to open his own comic book store someday. That day arrived in December 2018 when he opened the doors of Now or Never Comics in downtown San Diego, just a ...
Bill’s Defeat Keeps Undocumented Garment Workers in Meager Wages
Before he was hospitalized with COVID-19, before his roommates kicked him out of their shared apartment because of his illness, before he found himself unhoused for the first time in his life, Francis...
For San Diego Inmates’ Families, Talk Isn’t Cheap
Paradise Hill resident Alicia Muhammad says said she loves chatting with her son every other day, but at 33 cents-per-minute — she can’t talk very long. Her son, Reginald Harmon, is incarcerated at th...
San Diego: Here’s How to Make Sure Your Mail-In Ballot Counts
Election Day InformationIMPORTANT: The deadline to drop off your mail-in ballot is 8 p.m. Nov. 3. Find your closest drop off location here.If your mail ballot was lost or damaged or you forgot to reg...
California Elections 2020: Proposition 25 - Replacing Money Bail
Proposition 25 would replace the money bail system. The following summaries are provided by Ballotpedia.How does Bail Work in California?As of 2019, California utilized a cash bail system to release ...
California Elections 2020: Proposition 19 - Property Tax Changes
How Would the Ballot Measure Change the Rules Governing Tax Assessment Transfers?The ballot measure would change the rules for tax assessment transfers. In California, eligible homeowners can transfer...